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Meaning of 'quarterstaff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quarterstaff [ n.]
- A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

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