tipstaff
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English
Etymology
Noun
tipstaff (plural tipstaffs or tipstaves)
- A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office
- An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff
- 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XII, in Shrewsbury:
- Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?"