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/ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf/ · noun
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.
[F]ew country people there are who do not love to see two sturdy fellows thwack and belabour each other with quarter-staff, single-stick, or fists.
He was very adept at quarterstaff.
First, several couples stood forth at quarterstaff, and so shrewd were they at the game, and so quickly did they give stroke and parry, that […]
Use quarterstaff when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quarterstaff means 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..
Common synonyms include bo, lathi, short staff.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Name my accuſer ſaith he, or I defye thee Kemp at the quart ſtaffe.
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