torch-staffn. (pl. torch-staves) a staff upon which a torch is carried.
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a1616 W. ShakespeareHenry V (1623) iv. ii. 46 The Horsemen sit like fixed Candlesticks, With Torch-staues in their hands. View more context for this quotation