quarter-staff
1QUARTER-STAFF — strong wooden staff 6½ ft. long, shod with iron, grasped in the middle; formerly used in England for attack and defence …
2Quarter-staff — Wooden pole some six feet long used as a weapon by English peasants, usually tipped with iron …
3staff — n. 1. Stick, pole, rod. 2. Partisan, truncheon, quarter staff, club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelah, bat. 3. Cane, stick. 4. Support, prop, stay. 5. Mace, truncheon, bâton. 6. Staff officers, general officers, état major. 7. Stanza, stave …
4Quarter Sessions — The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the United Kingdom and other countries in the former British Empire. They generally sat in the seat of each county and county… …
5quarter — quar|ter1 W2S1 [ˈkwo:tə US ˈkwo:rtər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount)¦ 2¦(part of an hour)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4¦(three months)¦ 5¦(sport)¦ 6¦(part of a city)¦ 7¦(home)¦ 8¦(college)¦ 9¦(moon)¦ …
6quarter — 1 noun 1 AMOUNT (C) one of four equal or almost equal parts into which something can be divided: Cut it into quarters. (+ of): a quarter of a mile | in the last quarter of the 19th century | They re firing almost a quarter of the workforce. | It… …
7bauk-staff — a quarter staff. N …
8gib-staff — 1) a hook stick, pronounced [GHIB]. York. 2) a quarter staff. N …
9grain-staff — a quarter staff, with a short pair of tines at the end, called grains. S …
10New England Quarter — Diagram showing the layout of streets and significant buildings in the New England Quarter area before and after its redevelopment …
