quarterstaff Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long stout staff used as a weapon

WordNet

Quar"ter*staff` noun
Wordforms
plural Quarterstaves
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913