pikestaff
/ˈpaɪkstæf/
noun
- The wooden shaft or handle of a pike (a long spear used by foot soldiers in medieval times).
- In the museum, an old pikestaff was displayed next to the iron pike head.
- He carved a new pikestaff from a sturdy oak branch.
- The soldier gripped his pikestaff tightly as the enemy approached.
- Used in the phrase 'plain as a pikestaff' to mean very obvious or clear.
- It's plain as a pikestaff that he doesn't want to come to the party.
- Her disappointment was plain as a pikestaff when she saw the empty room.
- The solution to the problem was plain as a pikestaff once he explained it.