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Definition of Quartirstaff

Quar"ter*staff` (?), n.; pl. Quarterstaves (&?;). A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a long wooden staff or pole used as a weapon
         
  • 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 ...
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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