Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A javelin.
- noun That part of a flail which is held in the hand.
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Examples
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There is nothing on the wall but a great pike, -- no handstaff, but only an iron crowbar; and other weapons of war are nailed up.
Kumasaka 1922
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So, while some were barring the gates, the young devil climbed up, and took down the flail that had the handstaff and booltheen both made out of red-hot iron.
Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
hernesheir commented on the word handstaff
A name for the ash or willow handle of a lave net.
September 1, 2010