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Webster 1913 Edition


Cowlstaff

Cowl′staffˊ

(koul′st?fˊ)
,
Noun.
[
Cowl
a vessel +
staff
.]
A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons.
Suckling.

Definition 2024


cowlstaff

cowlstaff

English

Noun

cowlstaff (plural cowlstaffs or cowlstaves)

  1. A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
    • 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII:
      Prepare an iron cowlstaff / obtain one of steel: / put steel at its core / and on top draw soft iron!

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