cowlstaff
/ˈkaʊlstæf/
noun
- A pole used to carry a cowl or a burden suspended between two people; also, a staff used in traditional English morris dancing.
- The two farmers carried the heavy basket on a cowlstaff between them.
- The museum displayed an antique cowlstaff used for carrying loads.
- In the folk dance, the performer twirled a cowlstaff decorated with ribbons.