A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

a double weapon

a Medieval English variant of the staff weapon , consisting simply of a long shaft of hardwood , usually oak , hawthorn , hazel or ash

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