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pikestaff(dictionary)

pikestaff (iou)



pikestaff noun. LME.
[In sense 1 prob. from Old Norse pikstafr; in sense 2 from PIKE noun4.]
A staff or walking-stick with a metal point or tip at the lower end. Now only Scot. LME.
The wooden shaft of a pike or similar weapon. L16.
Phrases: as plain as a pikestaff [alt. of as plain as a packstaff] (a) very obvious, quite plain; (b) of ordinary or unattractive appearance, ugly.