palstaff
English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Danish/Icelandic? pálstafr”)
Noun
editpalstaff (plural palstaffs or palstaves)
- (historical) An old Celtic and Scandinavian weapon consisting of a wedge of stone or metal fixed by a tongue in a staff.