"gibstaff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gibstaffs [plural]
Etymology: From the dialectal term gib (“hooked stick”) + staff. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gibstaff (plural gibstaffs)
  1. (obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gibstaff-en-noun-JBp6h7uz
  2. (obsolete, historical) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff. Tags: historical, obsolete
    Sense id: en-gibstaff-en-noun-87Zd5yEK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89

Inflected forms

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