quarterstaff

quar·ter·staff

noun \ˈkwȯ(r)-tər-ˌstaf\

plural quar·ter·staves\-ˌstavz, -ˌstāvz\

Definition of QUARTERSTAFF

: a long stout staff formerly used as a weapon and wielded with one hand in the middle and the other between the middle and the end

First Known Use of QUARTERSTAFF

circa 1550

Rhymes with QUARTERSTAFF

allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph