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
The knowledge of singlestick and quarterstaff still lingered, in the country parts of England.
From Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main by Gordon Browne
They spotted a ruckus and could see Elmer Allen in the middle of it, his quarterstaff flailing.
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
"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 Ralph Peacock
On that they gave me a woodman's billhook, and a seax,iii such as the churls wear, and one thrust a good ash, iron-shod quarterstaff into my hands.
From A Thane of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
"You two cats been checked out on quarterstaffs?"
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
"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 Mack Reynolds
Elmer and Kenny would be the other twosome, and, both armed with quarterstaffs would be troubleshooters.
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
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
Through the streets parties of Badawin, sword and matchlock in hand, or merely carrying quarterstaves on their shoulders, might be seen hurrying along, frantic at the chance of missing the fray.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This, which would only have brought us all into a brunt with quarterstaves, and similar servile weapons, was declined, as had been foreseen.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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 Peter Anthony Motteux
