"pikestaff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpaɪkstæf/, /ˈpaɪkstɑːf/ Forms: pikestaffs [plural], pikestaves [plural]
Etymology: pike + staff Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pike|staff}} pike + staff Head templates: {{en-noun|s|pikestaves}} pikestaff (plural pikestaffs or pikestaves)
  1. The wooden shaft of a pike. Translations (shaft of a pike): дръжка на копие (drǎžka na kopie) (Bulgarian), peitsen varsi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pikestaff-en-noun-QV7yEPRk Disambiguation of 'shaft of a pike': 97 3
  2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
    Sense id: en-pikestaff-en-noun-dSldSBml Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plain as a pikestaff

Inflected forms

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