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Definitions
a long stout staff used as a weapon
Word origin
From quarter + staff, attested since about 1550. Probably originally referred to a staff cut from the heartwood of a certain size of tree which was cleft into four parts, per the OED.
Used in a sentence
“Name my accuſer ſaith he, or I defye thee Kemp at the quart ſtaffe.”
“[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.”
“He was very adept at quarterstaff.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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