QUARTERSTAFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: quarterstaves   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long stout staff used as a weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("quarterstaff" is a kind of...):

staff (a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose)

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