pikestaff

as in spear
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade pikestaffs were in use from the Middle Ages to the 18th century

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Recent Examples of pikestaff If the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff. Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023 Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike. Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
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Noun
  • It's topped with relish, onion, tomato, a dill pickle spear, pickled sport peppers and celery salt.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 16 July 2025
  • If our institutions of higher learning represent the armory of our competitiveness — equipping the next generation with the tools to compete and win in today’s economy — then our incubators and accelerators are the tip of our spear.
    Deborah Hemingway, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus.
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
  • The triumph marked the Missouri program’s first individual javelin national title and a new personal-best throw for Barrios Bornacelli, shattering a mark of 190-11 set at the SEC Outdoor Championships on May 15 in Lexington, Kentucky.
    Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Other perennial species are starting to become more widely available at specialty nurseries including lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, which is native to the southeastern United States.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
  • Flame-retardant foams do little, and fire departments now favor high-pressure water lances or immersion pits.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025

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“Pikestaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikestaff. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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