QUARTERSTAFF

Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff, also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in England during the Early Modern period.

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quarterstaff

Noun

  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.
  2. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
    He was very adept at quarterstaff.


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