quarterstaff
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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
See 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
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