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quarterstaff

also quarterstaves
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As a noun, quarterstaff means a wooden staff of 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.

Meanings of quarterstaff

2 meanings

noun

  1. A wooden staff of 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.

  2. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.

    “He was very adept at quarterstaff.”

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