quarterstaff
English
/ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf/
noun
Definitions
- A wooden staff of 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.
- Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
Etymology
Compound from English quarter + English staff.
Origin
English
staff
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airstaff English
- bedstaff English
- bookstaff English
- broomstaff English
- cleystaff English
- constaff English
- cowlstaff English
- destaff English
- doorstaff English
- flagstaff English
- forequarter English
- forestaff English
- groundstaff English
- hindquarter English
- jackstaff English
- midquarter English
- multiquarter English
- nonstaff English
- overstaff English
- pikestaff English
- ploughstaff English
- plowstaff English
- quarter English
- quarter-hour English
- quarterage English
- quarterback English
- quarterboy English
- quarterdeck English
- quarterer English
- quartereth English
- quarterfinal English
- quarterite English
- quarterization English
- quarterland English
- quarterless English
- quarterlifer English
- quarterlight English
- quarterly English
- quartermistress English
- quarterpace English
- quartersaw English
- restaff English
- staff English
- staffable English
- staffer English
- staffless English
- staffman English
- staffroom English
- tipstaff English
- tri-quarter English
- understaff English
- waitstaff English
- whipstaff English
- staff Italian
- quartier French
- cuara Spanish, Castilian
- クォーター Japanese
- スタッフ Japanese
- staf Middle English
- chwarter Welsh
- 스태프 Korean
- *s/m/g-rus Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- quattie Jamaican Creole
- staff
- quarter
- destaff
- staffer
- restaff
- tipstaff
- nonstaff
- staffman
- bedstaff
- airstaff
- constaff
- quarterer
- plowstaff
- pikestaff
- staffable
- flagstaff
- quarterly
- cowlstaff
- staffroom
- cleystaff
- staffless
- waitstaff
- doorstaff
- whipstaff
- bookstaff
- jackstaff
- forestaff
- overstaff
- quarterboy
- quartereth
- broomstaff
- midquarter
- quarterite
- quartersaw
- quarterage
- understaff
- quarterless
- quarterback
- forequarter
- groundstaff
- tri-quarter
- hindquarter
- quarterland
- quarterdeck
- quarterpace
- ploughstaff
- multiquarter
- quarterlifer
- quarterlight
- quarterfinal
- quarter-hour
- quarterization
- quartermistress