quarterstaff
noun
a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
quarterstaves
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pluralof quarterstaff.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the army of the U. S. really has something able to scatter a troop of teen-age Boy Scouts armed with quarterstaves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the streets parties of Badawin, sword and matchlock in hand, or merely carrying quarterstaves on their shoulders, might be seen hurrying along, frantic at the chance of missing the fray.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This, which would only have brought us all into a brunt with quarterstaves, and similar servile weapons, was declined, as had been foreseen.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Two men ran past me and took Beorn, throwing up his sword with their quarterstaves, and it seemed to me that it was done over gently.
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
Not a night can I sleep for some horrid apparition or other; one while these myrmidons are measuring silks by their quarterstaves, another stuffing their greasy pouches with my lord high treasurer's jacobuses.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
