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PIKESTAFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pikestaff mean? 

PIKESTAFF (noun)
  The noun PIKESTAFF has 1 sense:

1. the staff of a pikeplay

  Familiarity information: PIKESTAFF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIKESTAFF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The staff of a pike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pikestaff" is a kind of...):

staff (a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose)

Holonyms ("pikestaff" is a part of...):

pike (medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet)


 Context examples 


The case is as plain as a pikestaff, and the more one goes into it the plainer it becomes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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