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
  • Financial Times – 6:24 AM | 52 Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist Beyond flint-knapping and tossing spears with atlatls, Kent State University's Metin Eren has a vision for his field's future.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some regions, like Sonora, Mexico, include a carrot spear, jalapeño and potato in the mixture.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, General Livius duels Commodus with javelins for the fate of Rome in a makeshift arena made of centurion shields.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Exceptions from that are pole vault and javelin because athletes are moving with so much force that the spike needs to penetrate the surface to avoid injury.
    Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Among the artifacts found at the site were 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, three arrowheads, one axe, a bridle, fragments of a bugle, fragments of at least two oath rings and several bronze and iron objects that have not been identified yet, according to the press release.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Eastwood put on his armor and galloped down a course on Tinkerbell, hitting a practice target with a lance at Hemphill's property.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024

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“Pikestaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikestaff. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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