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Quarterstaff
Quarterstaff meaning
A wooden staff with an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period. | Fighting or exercise with a wooden staff of this sort.
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For example, in "Robin Hood and the Tinker" and several other tales, the quarterstaff is the weapon in hand as the two engage in a duel, as the Tinker was apparently sent to bring Robin Hood to justice at the hands of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
However, if the player uses the "all weapons" cheat from Doom, a message appears warning the player against cheating and takes away all of his weapons, leaving him with only a quarterstaff.
In ballads and tales of the famed yeoman, the quarterstaff is often mentioned.
There is some variation as to the proper way to hold a quarterstaff.
They can also be merged to form a quarterstaff.
This implies that the quarterstaff was in use before and during the 16th and 17th centuries, as the tale of Robin Hood is mostly written of during that time frame.