Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A staff or pole on which a tub or other vessel or weight is supported between two persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
staff held by two people, one in each end, and used to carry a load.
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Examples
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COLSTAFF, cowlstaff, pole for carrying a cowl = tub.
Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605
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