quarterstaff

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On NBC, an American Gladiator is a beefcake model in a unitard swinging his padded quarterstaff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The renowned Hercules always carried a quarterstaff, and was from thence called Claviger.

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.

But as he rushed upon his prey, rescue interposed in the person of Joceline Joliffe, with his quarterstaff on his shoulder.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

Warbel says they will bait a bull, and perhaps a bear; and that there will be fighting with the quarterstaff and shooting with cross and long bow, and many other like spectacles.

From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Everett-Green, Evelyn

I can wield a quarterstaff as well as a prize-fighter, and have beaten Figg himself at the broadsword.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison