[cowl.staff] n [ME cuvelstaff, fr. cuvel vessel (fr. OE cyfel, fr. ONF cuvele small vat) + [1]staff] (13c) archaic: a staff from which a vessel is suspended and carried between two persons
COWLSTAFF
Meaning of COWLSTAFF in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012