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单词 to fight at the half-staff
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to fight at the half-staff
2. Half the length of a staff. to fight at the half-staff, to fight at close quarters with staves. Obs.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > at close-quarters
handlingsa1400
hand by hand?a1439
hand unto handc1540
head-to-head1556
half-sword1589
at the sera1591
half-staff1603
close quarters1809
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 517 The Persian horsemen also..bearing staues of good ash..fight with them as occasion serueth at the halfe staffe.
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