quarterstaff

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
    — Name my accuſer ſaith he, or I defye thee Kemp at the quart ſtaffe.
  2. Fighting or exercise with a wooden staff of this sort.
    — He was very adept at quarterstaff.

词形变化

quarterstaffs plural quarterstaves plural quarter-staff alternative quarter staff alternative quarter-stave alternative quarterstave alternative

词汇关系

近义词
bo lathi short staff

词源

From quarter + staff, attested since about 1550. Probably originally referred to a staff cut from the heartwood of a certain size of tree which was cleft into four parts, per the OED.
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