Noun: cowlstaff
| Singular | cowlstaff |
| Plural | cowlstaffs; cowlstaves |
Sample Sentences
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[fight] performed by bastons, clubs and coulstaves [1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:]
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Prepare an iron cowlstaff / obtain one of steel: / put steel at its core / and on top draw soft iron! [1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XVII:]
Nouns inflected like cowlstaff
cantoral staff,
leveling staff,
backstaff,
quarterstaff,
pikestaff,
distaff,
vine staff,
cowlstaff,
ragged staff,
packstaff,
vine-staff,
runestaff,
handstaff,
station staff,
Jeddart staff,
bedstaff,
Jedburgh staff,
flag-staff,
treble staff,
flag staff, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French cuvele, from Latin cupela, diminutive of cupa (“cask”), + staff. cowl + staff. See: Latin Nouns '
cupela'.