quarterstaff
Example Sentences
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On NBC, an American Gladiator is a beefcake model in a unitard swinging his padded quarterstaff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the head shivered on a steel corselet, and Sim played quarterstaff with the shaft.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
The only other handweapon capable of countering it is another quarterstaff.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
They spotted a ruckus and could see Elmer Allen in the middle of it, his quarterstaff flailing.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
And next, I saw my quarterstaff still resting against the tree where I had left it.
From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
