(historical) Alternative form of vine staff.

(historical) A cane originally made of twisted grapevine trimmings and used by Roman centurions to beat the soldiers under their command; the various mushroom-headed batons later borne by them as a mark of office

(historical) Synonym of vine staff.

The official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

An instrument for taking angles in surveying.

An ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

A surveyor's rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

plural of staff vine

Any of several vines in the genus Celastrus.

(aviation) staff employed by an airline, or an airport, that work on the ground, as opposed to aircrews. / (sports) staff employed by a sports club to maintain their sports ground.