"gibstaff" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the dialectal term gib (“hooked stick”) + staff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibstaffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gibstaff (plural gibstaffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, G. Mustafa Shar, “The Mohanna — An Unknown Life on the Indus River”, in Reports on Field Work Carried out at Mohenjo-Daro: Interim Reports, volume 2 (1983–84), →ISSN, page 173",
          "text": "The house boats of the Mohannas are called “Doondees“. One family may live in the same small boat for as long as half a century. These “Doondees“ range in size between 6 m long and 2 m wide up to a length of 14 m and a width of 4 m in the middle of the boat. The boat is basically steered by a gibstaff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat."
      ],
      "id": "en-gibstaff-en-noun-JBp6h7uz",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff."
      ],
      "id": "en-gibstaff-en-noun-87Zd5yEK",
      "links": [
        [
          "quarterstaff",
          "quarterstaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, historical) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibstaff"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the dialectal term gib (“hooked stick”) + staff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibstaffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gibstaff (plural gibstaffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, G. Mustafa Shar, “The Mohanna — An Unknown Life on the Indus River”, in Reports on Field Work Carried out at Mohenjo-Daro: Interim Reports, volume 2 (1983–84), →ISSN, page 173",
          "text": "The house boats of the Mohannas are called “Doondees“. One family may live in the same small boat for as long as half a century. These “Doondees“ range in size between 6 m long and 2 m wide up to a length of 14 m and a width of 4 m in the middle of the boat. The boat is basically steered by a gibstaff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quarterstaff",
          "quarterstaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, historical) A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibstaff"
}