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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quarterstaff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quarterstaff.html. 1828.
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