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gibstaffs

gibstaffs is the plural of gibstaff.

Meaning of gibstaff

Noun

gibstaff (plural gibstaffs)

  1. (obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.
    • The house boats of the Mohannas are called “Doondees“. One family may live in the same small boat for as long as half a century. These “Doondees“ range in size between 6 m long and 2 m wide up to a length of 14 m and a width of 4 m in the middle of the boat. The boat is basically steered by a...1987, G. Mustafa Shar, “The Mohanna — An Unknown Life on the Indus River”, in Reports on Field Work Carried out at Mohenjo-Daro: Interim Reports, volume 2 (1983–84), →ISSN, page 173
  2. (historical, obsolete) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff.

Questions about gibstaffs

What is gibstaffs the plural of?
Gibstaffs is the plural of gibstaff.

Words near gibstaffs in the dictionary

  1. Gibsonesque
  2. Gibsonia
  3. Gibsonian
  4. Gibsons
  5. gibstaff
  6. gibstaffs
  7. gibun
  8. gibus
  9. gibuses
  10. GIC
  11. Gichi Gami

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