| 单词 | staff weapon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff weapon staff weapon n. now chiefly historical a thrusting or cutting weapon consisting of a long (typically wooden) shaft with a point or blade at one end; a polearm; cf. sense 4c. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] spearc725 ordeOE spriteOE wal-speara1000 gareOE shaftc1000 staffc1275 glaive1297 lancegayc1386 gad1422 burdounc1440 Jedburgh (Jedworth, Jedwood etc.) staff1515 puncheon pole1548 puncheon spear1548 puncheon staff1548 punching staff1562 prag1582 sarissa1736 staff weapon1788 windlestraw1831 1605 in R. Brown Hist. Paisley (1886) I. xii. 204 Confesset the striking of the said George Ramsay with ane stalf wepoun. 1788 J. C. Walker Hist. Ess. Dress Irish 127 Having thus returned..to the Staff-weapons. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 280 Partizan, halbert, Lochaber-axe, or any other modern staff-weapon. 1917 Times 15 Feb. 11/5 Here are shown staff weapons, crossbows, axes, maces, and the great lance of Charles Brandon. 2013 G. Foard & A. Curry Bosworth 1485 ii. 40/1 The men-at-arms would be fully armed with swords, daggers and a range of staff weapons of superior quality and effectiveness. < as lemmas |
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