quarter-staff
quarter-staff
subs.
Use staff.
subs.
Use staff.
quarter-staff: fustis, is, m., seems best: v. CUDGEL : perh. băcŭlum, n. (or, -us, m.); v. STAFF : STICK : to fight, play, or strike with a q.-s., fusti bătŭāre (rare), Suet. Cal. 32 and 54.