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

A quarterstaff bout—a frantic, bloody sport revived from God only knew how many centuries before—was in progress there, matching a heavily muscled Nordic with a sandy bristle of hair against a swarthy, hairless Eurasian.

From Assignment's End by Aycock, Roger D.

"Shure, I have said all his Riverence and the Misthress bade me say," cried he, in defiance; and, seizing the Governor's cane from his hand, brandished it, quarterstaff fashion, above his head.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various

"One might have a worse weapon than this;" and he swung it round his head, in quarterstaff fashion; "still, I prefer a mace."

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

Then the head shivered on a steel corselet, and Sim played quarterstaff with the shaft.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John