FIE'LD-STAFF, noun A weapon carried by gunners, about the length of a halbert, with a spear at the end; having on each side ears screwed on, like the cock of a match-lock, where the gunners screw in lighted matches, when they are on command.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.