quarterstaves
- plural of quarterstaff.
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
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Behind the illustrious personages just described marched a troop of stalwart fellows, with white badges in their hats, quarterstaves, oaken cudgels, and links in their hands.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The outlaws—for such they seemed—were roughly clad in gray homespun and Lincoln green, and armed with bows and quarterstaves.
From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay
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 Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
