资料来源 : pyDict
金属包头的杖;警察;法警
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tipstaff \Tip"staff`\, n.; pl. {Tipstaff}.
1. A staff tipped with metal. --Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a
constable. --Macaulay.
Tipstaff \Tip"staff`\, n.; pl. {Tipstaff}.
1. A staff tipped with metal. --Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a
constable. --Macaulay.
资料来源 : WordNet®
tipstaff
n : staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a
bailiff or constable