quarterstaffs

English town “policemen” used “tipstaves,” basically quarterstaffs with a sharp metal point on each end, and I once knew a girl whose last name was Catchpole (her ancestors were English constables – you can figure out the name).

When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009

Little John and Friar Tuck are instantly recognisable, and the famous quarterstaffs-on-the-bridge incident appears, though not quite in its usual guise.

Outlaw, by Angus Donald. Book review Carla 2009

Little John and Friar Tuck are instantly recognisable, and the famous quarterstaffs-on-the-bridge incident appears, though not quite in its usual guise.

Archive 2009-12-01 Carla 2009

You could tell they were riot police because of the quarterstaffs they carried in sheaths attached to their saddles.

2007 July « raincoaster 2007

You could tell they were riot police because of the quarterstaffs they carried in sheaths attached to their saddles.

quiet riot: a Canadian mob scene « raincoaster 2007

He spotted a barrel full of thick quarterstaffs and walking staffs in front of a shop displaying swords and daggers under the watchful eye of a bulky fellow with sunken knuckles, a nose that had been broken more than once, and a thick truncheon hanging at his belt beside the inevitable dagger.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

Five stout yeomen keepers, with their attendants, called Bagged Robins, all meetly arrayed in Kendal green, with bugles and short hangers by their sides, and quarterstaffs in their hands, led the slow-hounds, or brackets, by which the deer were to be put up.

Waverley 2004

Beside her, Kim was battling another guard, rifle to rifle, as if they were fighting with quarterstaffs.

HER KLINGON SOUL MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 1997

As the guards rushed forward, the White Elves swung tent poles like quarterstaffs across unprotected shins.

Castle Of Deception Lackey, Mercedes 1992

At intervals around it under the trees stood wooden stands holding quarterstaffs, and practice swords made of strips of wood bound loosely together, and a few real swords and axes and spears.

The Dragon Reborn Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1991