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quarterstaff definition

quarter·staff (kwôrt′ər staf′)

noun pl. quarterstaves -·staves′ (-stāvz′)

  1. a stout, iron-tipped, wooden staff, six to eight feet long, formerly used in England as a weapon
  2. the use of the quarterstaff in fighting, often as a sport

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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