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What (who) is quarterstaff - definition

TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN POLE WEAPON

Quarter-Staff; Quarter staff; Quarterstaves

quarterstaff

¦ noun a stout pole 6-8 feet long, formerly used as a weapon.

Quarterstaff

·noun 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.

Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period. Other European versions of the staff can be seen in Portugal/Galicia called Jogo do pau - it is a martial art using different lengths of staff, also in Romania (called ghioaga) used in the Battle of Ruginoasa, there are staff fighters mentioned in the time of Dimitrie Cantemir (Moldavian prince), the royal guard of the staff fighters was made of only 25 (twenty-five) fighters.

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Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period.

The term is generally accepted to refer to a shaft of hardwood from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) long, sometimes with a metal tip, ferrule, or spike at one or both ends. The term "short staff" compares this to the "long staff" based on the pike with a length in excess of 10 to 12 feet (3.0 to 3.7 m). The height of the staff should be around the same as the user plus their hand set upright on their head (approximately 8 inches (20 cm)).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterstaff