pugil stick

[ pyoo-juhl ]

noun

1. a long pole or stick with padded ends used to carry out mock combat.

Example Sentences

I once broke the last Q-Tip in half so my wife would be forced to use the single remaining cottony ball, which no longer looked like a miniature pugil stick but like a tiny torch, just waiting to be dipped in pitch, lit and carried off in search of Frankenstein’s monster.

From Washington Post

A doorman guards the basement staircase, wielding the effective “private party” pugil stick.

From New York Times