Quarterstaff

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

[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.

He was very adept at quarterstaff.

First, several couples stood forth at quarterstaff, and so shrewd were they at the game, and so quickly did they give stroke and parry, that […]