quarterstaff

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On NBC, an American Gladiator is a beefcake model in a unitard swinging his padded quarterstaff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The young men, in winter, played at football, hockey, quarterstaff, and single stick.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

They spotted a ruckus and could see Elmer Allen in the middle of it, his quarterstaff flailing.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

He was dressed in leather like our shepherds, and like them carried but quarterstaff and seax for weapons.

From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

Roger, in addition to these, had a heavy oaken quarterstaff.

From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Peacock, Ralph