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

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

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

A quarterstaff bout—a frantic, bloody sport revived from God only knew how many centuries before—was in progress there, matching a heavily muscled Nordic with a sandy bristle of hair against a swarthy, hairless Eurasian.

From Assignment's End by Aycock, Roger D.

And the poor fellow hung about sadly, thinking he should find none in the end, and swearing he would follow me even had he naught but a quarterstaff in his hand.

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

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)