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

So I examined billhook and quarterstaff, and at last said I knew them.

From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

The only other handweapon capable of countering it is another quarterstaff.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

In his right hand he carried a quarterstaff, which he used as a walking-stick.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

I have fought many a battle in play and in earnest," answered Tom, "with my fists, with the sword, and with the quarterstaff.

From Tom Tufton's Travels by Everett-Green, Evelyn