quarterstaff

noun2

1. •
   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.

   • Name my accuser saith he, or I defye thee Kemp at the quart staffe. — 1600
2. •
   Fighting or exercise with a wooden staff of this sort.

   • He was very adept at quarterstaff.