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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)
- 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!
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII: