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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pal•stave n. [Archaeol.]

Archaeologya bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.

Also, pal•staff

Old English palster spike, taken (by folk etymology) as representing *pālstæf; see pole, stave
Danish pålstav, special use of Old Norse pālstafr javelin
1850–55

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