QUARTERSTAFF


Meaning of QUARTERSTAFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwȯ(r)-tər-ˌstaf ]

noun

( plural quar·ter·staves -ˌstavz, -ˌstāvz)

Date: circa 1550

: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.