gibstaff

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat. obsolete
    — The house boats of the Mohannas are called “Doondees“. One family may live in the same small boat for as long as half a century. These “Doondees“ range in size between 6 m long and 2 m wide up to a length of 14 m and a width of 4 m in the middle of the boat. The boat is basically steered by a gibstaff.
  2. A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff. historical,obsolete

词形变化

gibstaffs plural

词源

From the dialectal term gib (“hooked stick”) + staff.
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