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quarterstaff


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quarterstaff  \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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quarterstaff 
  n  :  a  long  stout  staff  used  as  a  weapon 




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