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pikestaffs

pikestaffs is the plural of pikestaff.

Meaning of pikestaff

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...

Questions about pikestaffs

What is pikestaffs the plural of?
Pikestaffs is the plural of pikestaff.

Words near pikestaffs in the dictionary

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

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