(1) Skewered on a pikestaff high above the city, the silenced heads spoke eloquently of the fate awaiting those who dared plot against rulers of city and country.(2) The judge will refrain from any references to his quill, or his gavel, or his pikestaff , and allow the defendant to be released to spread its insidious gospel.(3) Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway.