quarterstaff

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But as he rushed upon his prey, rescue interposed in the person of Joceline Joliffe, with his quarterstaff on his shoulder.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

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)

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

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack