Cudgel (horse)
WordNet
noun
(1) A club that is used as a weapon
verb
(2) Strike with a cudgel
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From kuggel, from Old English cycgel; cf. Middle Dutch cōghele 'stick with a round end', Kugel 'ball', Old High German coccho 'rounded ship'; akin to Lithuanian gugà 'pommel, hump, hill'.
Noun
- a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon
- The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly at the inmates, the threat to swing glinted in his eye.
Verb
- to strike someone with a cudgel
- The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.