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Jacob’s staff

Ja·cob's staff (plural Ja·cob's staffs or Ja·cob's staves)


noun 
Definition:
 
medieval measuring instrument: a medieval instrument for measuring distance

[< the pilgrim's staff that is a symbol of St. James ( ecclesiastical Latin Jacobus), or the staff of Jacob in the Bible (Genesis 30:10)]
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