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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a long stout staff used as a weapon; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quarterstaff \Quar"ter*staff`\, n.; pl. Quarterstaves.
   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.
   [1913 Webster] Quartet


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quarterstaff
    n 1: a long stout staff used as a weapon