staffs
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
staffs
- Details
Long, straight, poles of metal or wood, usually circular in section, that constitute the main bodies of staff weapons, serving as handles and to carry the heads. For the smaller objects of similar form constituting the main bodies of arrows, use "shafts (tool components)."
- Variations
hafts (staff weapon components)
poles (staff weapon components)
staffs (staff weapon components)
shafts (staff weapon components)
staff
hafts
poles
shafts