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pikestaff

/ˈpaɪkstæf/

pikestaff noun: the wooden shaft of a pike.

Noun

pikestaff (plural pikestaffs or pikestaves)

  1. The wooden shaft of a pike.
  2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
    • So soon as he got into the grave, he struck his pikestaff forcibly down; it encountered resistance in its descent1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...

pikestaff meaning in Tamil and Bengali

pikestaff in Tamil

சுளிக்குஈட்டியின் மரக்கைப்பிடி

pikestaff in Bengali

পাইকের কাঠের দণ্ড

Forms of pikestaff

pluralpikestaffs
pluralpikestaves

Origin of pikestaff

From pike + staff.

Questions about pikestaff

What does pikestaff mean?
Pikestaff means the wooden shaft of a pike.
What is pikestaff in Tamil?
Pikestaff in Tamil is சுளிக்குஈட்டியின் மரக்கைப்பிடி. See Pikestaff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pikestaff?
Pikestaff is a noun.
How do you pronounce pikestaff?
Pikestaff is pronounced /ˈpaɪkstæf/.
What is the plural of pikestaff?
The plural of pikestaff is pikestaffs.

Words near pikestaff in the dictionary

  1. Pikermian
  2. pikers
  3. pikes
  4. Pikes Peak
  5. pikeshaft
  6. pikestaff
  7. pikestaffs
  8. pikestaves
  9. piketail
  10. piketails
  11. piketoprofen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pikestaff (page history and authors); pikestaff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pikestaff (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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