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quarterstaff

quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves)

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.
   • 1883: Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 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 ...
2. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff

Definizione dizionario quarterstaff

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A long wooden staff or pole used as a weapon.