High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The origin of the weapon's name is uncertain, though many suggestions are advanced with little justification. Connection to a unit of length called a "staff" is likely false. The name may come from the way that the staff is held: one hand at the centre of the staff, and one hand halfway between the centre and one end. However, this grip is not prescribed in early sources. Another theory links the word to its length being equal to the wielder's height plus another quarter. It can be employed as a less-lethal weapon, so the name may refer to the act of giving quarter (showing mercy to a defeated enemy). The term quarter may also refer to the width of the staff rather than its length, its width being a shaved down quarter of a split tree trunk.

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