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

And the poor fellow hung about sadly, thinking he should find none in the end, and swearing he would follow me even had he naught but a quarterstaff in his hand.

From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

With a spear your people would know quite as much as I should; but I fancy that, with a quarterstaff, I should astonish them.

From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Besides, the bow, now it is unstrung, makes an excellent quarterstaff, a weapon with which I have practiced a great deal.

From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack