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

One of his men, complete with quarterstaff would accompany each of the others.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

I can wield a quarterstaff as well as a prize-fighter, and have beaten Figg himself at the broadsword.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The only other handweapon capable of countering it is another quarterstaff.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

We haven't got time for lessons in the use of the quarterstaff.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack