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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 pike
Familiarity information: PIKESTAFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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pike (medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet)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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