Associations to the word «Quarterstaff»

Wiktionary

QUARTERSTAFF, noun. A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
QUARTERSTAFF, noun. Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.

Dictionary definition

QUARTERSTAFF, noun. A long stout staff used as a weapon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats