pikestaff

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/ˈpaɪkstæf//ˈpaɪkstɑːf/

noun

The wooden shaft of a pike.

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Meanings

nounpikestaff (plural pikestaffs or pikestaves)

plural pikestaffs · plural 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 descent

    1816, [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 Brown, →OCLC

Origin

From pike + staff.

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Translations

Bulgarian дръжка на копие
  • дръжка на копие (drăžka na kopie)shaft of a pike
Finnish peitsen varsi
  • peitsen varsishaft of a pike
Cite this entry
APA

pikestaff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikestaff

MLA

“pikestaff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikestaff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pikestaff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikestaff.

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