pikestaff
noun/ˈpaɪkstæf/ · /ˈpaɪkstɑːf/
Etymology From pike + staff.
1
The wooden shaft of a pike.
2
A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
- So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
- Related terms
- plain as a pikestaff