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

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

I have fought many a battle in play and in earnest," answered Tom, "with my fists, with the sword, and with the quarterstaff.

From Tom Tufton's Travels by Everett-Green, Evelyn

A loaded quarterstaff, one of the two favourite weapons of the Tahitian brave; the javelin, or casting spear, was the other.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"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