/pawl"stayv', pal"-/ , n. Archaeol.
a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
Also, palstaff /pawl"staf', -stahf', pal"-/ .
[ 1850-55; pålstav, special use of ON palstafr javelin palster spike, taken (by folk etymology) as repr. * palstaef; see POLE, STAVE ]