| Pronunciation: | | 'kwortur`staf
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[n] a long stout staff used as a weapon |
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QUARTERSTAFF is a 12 letter word that starts with Q. |
| | See Also: | | staff |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Quar"ter*staff`\, n.; pl. {Quarterstaves}.
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.
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