Quarterstaff vs. Bo — What's the Difference?
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Quarterstaff
A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period. The term is generally accepted to refer to a shaft of hardwood from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) long, sometimes with a metal tip, ferrule, or spike at one or both ends.
Bo
A long staff, used as a weapon in martial arts.
Quarterstaff
A long wooden staff formerly used as a weapon.
Bo
An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
Quarterstaff
A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
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Bo
Fellow, chap, boy.
Quarterstaff
Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
He was very adept at quarterstaff.
Bo
(martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
Quarterstaff
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; - so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
Bo
An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
Quarterstaff
A long stout staff used as a weapon
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