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palstaff

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pal⋅stave

  [pawl-steyv, pal-]
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–noun Archaeology.
a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
Also, pal⋅staff  [pawl-staf, -stahf, pal-] .

Origin:
1850–55; < Dan pålstav, special use of ON pālstafr javelin < OE palster spike, taken (by folk etymology) as repr. *pālstæf; see pole, stave
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