pikestaff

as in spear
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade pikestaffs were in use from the Middle Ages to the 18th century

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Recent Examples of pikestaff If the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff. Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023 Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike. Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
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Noun
  • Some of the obsidian artifacts, including arrowheads and spear tips, traveled nearly 750 miles from their source, according to Allan.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Catcher Patrick Bailey issued a word of warning: throwing javelin has almost nothing to do with throwing a baseball.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • With all of this going on in the house, why, oh why would Jesse Solomon (always both names) hurl himself at Lexi with the velocity of a gold medal javelin throw?
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But every individual had suffered some sort of devastating injury—like wounds made by swords, lances, daggers and iron bolts.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
  • When guarding a monster's attack with a lance using Power Guard under certain conditions, the weapon flashes in red but the effect is not activated When using a mantle, a Weapon Equipment Skill may mistakenly be activated.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Pikestaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikestaff. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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