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
I have fought many a battle in play and in earnest," answered Tom, "with my fists, with the sword, and with the quarterstaff.
From Tom Tufton's Travels by Everett-Green, Evelyn
We haven't got time for lessons in the use of the quarterstaff.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack
One of his men, complete with quarterstaff would accompany each of the others.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
The young men, in winter, played at football, hockey, quarterstaff, and single stick.
From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
Elmer and Kenny would be the other twosome, and, both armed with quarterstaffs would be troubleshooters.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
"You two cats been checked out on quarterstaffs?"
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
"Using these quarterstaffs brings to mind some of the other supposedly innoxious devices used by police authorities in controlling unruly demonstrations," he said.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
Perhaps the army of the U. S. really has something able to scatter a troop of teen-age Boy Scouts armed with quarterstaves.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sharpened and prepared spears, staves, pikes, brown bills, halberds, long hooks, lances, zagayes, quarterstaves, eelspears, partisans, troutstaves, clubs, battle-axes, maces, darts, dartlets, glaives, javelins, javelots, and truncheons.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
The outlaws—for such they seemed—were roughly clad in gray homespun and Lincoln green, and armed with bows and quarterstaves.
From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay
Behind the illustrious personages just described marched a troop of stalwart fellows, with white badges in their hats, quarterstaves, oaken cudgels, and links in their hands.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Two men ran past me and took Beorn, throwing up his sword with their quarterstaves, and it seemed to me that it was done over gently.
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
