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 next, I saw my quarterstaff still resting against the tree where I had left it.

From A Thane 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

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

They spotted a ruckus and could see Elmer Allen in the middle of it, his quarterstaff flailing.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack