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gibstaff.

A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A staff to gauge water, or to push a boat.

    obsolete
  2. A staff used in stick fighting; a quarterstaff.

    historical · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From the dialectal term gib (“hooked stick”) + staff.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.