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Quarterstaff

//ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.

    "Name my accuſer ſaith he, or I defye thee Kemp at the quart ſtaffe."

  2. 2
    a long stout staff used as a weapon wordnet
  3. 3
    Fighting or exercise with a wooden staff of this sort.

    "He was very adept at quarterstaff."

Etymology

From quarter + staff, attested since about 1550. Probably originally referred to a staff cut from the heartwood of a certain size of tree which was cleft into four parts, per the OED.

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