Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A staff with which to gage water or push a boat.
- noun A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.
- noun obsolete A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
staff to gauge water, or to push a boat. - noun obsolete A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
Etymologies
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English dialect gib a hooked stick + English staff.
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