Definition
A wooden pole or staff used to carry a cowl (large bucket or container) between two people, with the bucket suspended from the middle of the pole.
Etymology
From Middle English 'cowl' (a large bucket or tub, from Latin 'cuculla' meaning hood) + 'staff' (a stick or pole). The compound emerged in medieval times when this was a common method of transporting liquids or goods.
Kelly Says
The cowlstaff is a beautiful example of how ordinary people solved practical problems before modern technology—two people could balance heavy loads of water or milk more easily than carrying them separately, making it a simple but clever piece of ancient engineering.
Translations
ARالعربية
عصا مع غطاء الرأس
a-sa ma-a ghat-aa ar-ras
BNবাংলা
কপা দিয়ে ক্ষুদ্র
ka-pa diye kshud-ra
CACatalà
bastó cap
bas-to cap
DADansk
kappetang
ka-pet-ang
DEDeutsch
Kapuzenstab
ka-poo-zen-stab
ELΕλληνικά
άγκυρα
an-ky-ra
ESEspañol
bastón de capucha
bas-ton de ka-poo-cha
FAفارسی
چوب شال
choo-b shaal
FISuomi
huivipuu
hui-vi-poo
FRFrançais
bâton de capuchon
ba-ton de ka-poo-shon
HEעברית
מקל כובע
me-kal ko-ve
HIहिन्दी
कपड़े की छड़ी
ka-pa-de ki ch-di
HUMagyar
kalapbot
ka-lap-bot
IDBahasa Indonesia
tongkat jubah
tong-kat ju-bah
ITItaliano
bastone di cappuccio
bas-to-ne di ka-ppu-cho
JA日本語
フード付き棍
hu-do-tsu-ki kon
MSBahasa Melayu
tongkat jubah
tong-kat ju-bah
NLNederlands
kapuciestaaf
ka-pu-ci-sta-af
NONorsk
kappetang
ka-pet-ang
PLPolski
pałka z kapturem
pa-lka z ka-pu-chem
PTPortuguês
bastão de capa
ba-st-ao de ka-pa
RORomână
băț cu cămașă
ba-ț cu ka-ma-sha
RUРусский
палка с капюшоном
pa-lka s ka-pyu-shon-om
SVSvenska
kappstång
ka-pps-tang
TLTL
tali ng sumbrero
ta-li ng su-m-bre-ro
TRTürkçe
kapüşonlu baston
ka-poo-shon bas-ton
UKУкраїнська
палка з капюшоном
pa-lka z ka-pyu-sho-nom
URاردو
پوشش سر کا عصا
poosh-sh sar ka a-sa
VITiếng Việt
cây gậy áo khoác
cay gay ao khoac
ZUZU
i-thakathi
i-tha-ka-thi