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Definition of Cowlstaff
1. n. A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
Definition of Cowlstaff
1. Noun. A staff held by two people, one in each end, and used to carry a load. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowlstaff
1. [n -STAFFS or -STAVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowlstaff
Literary usage of Cowlstaff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Folk-rhymes: A Collection of Traditional Verses Relating to Places by G. F. Northall (1892)
"Where's the cowlstaff?" cries Ford's wife when she purposes to get Falstaff ...
the cowlstaff or stang is produced, and being passed through the handles, ..."
2. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"Go take up these clothes quickly; Where's the cowlstaff? MERHY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
COLLED (L. collum), embraced round the neck. ..."
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