pikestaff

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pike=staff

CIDE DICTIONARY

pikestaff, n. 

•  The staff, or shaft, of a pike.  [1913 Webster]
•  A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pikestaff, n.
1 the wooden shaft of a pike.
2 a walking-stick with a metal point.

Idiom

plain as a pikestaff quite plain or obvious (orig. packstaff, a smooth staff used by a pedlar).

ROGET THESAURUS

pikestaff

Height

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