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Definition of Cudgel
1. Noun. A club that is used as a weapon.
2. Verb. Strike with a cudgel.
Definition of Cudgel
1. n. A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
2. v. t. To beat with a cudgel.
Definition of Cudgel
1. Noun. a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon ¹
2. Verb. to strike someone with a cudgel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cudgel
1. to beat with a heavy club [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cudgel
Literary usage of Cudgel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"He is here represented as having taken up the cudgel in behalf of the painter.
So history Jives on canvas. In the centre is a group of strollers parading ..."
2. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1883)
"cudgel LOVE. Store of Starts ano How much do nine and seven, and three and a
quarter, and fifteen, and one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine and three- ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... Mrs. Davies—Foote and his Projects—Criticism of the cudgel. IN his new lodgings
in Wine-Office Court, Goldsmith began to receive visits of ceremony, ..."
4. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"Challenges—The stakes—The combatants—Description of fights— General
combativeness—Boxing—cudgel-playing—Pedestrianism— ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... and went about through all the country fairs challenging people to fight
prizes, wrestling and cudgel-play ;' and abundance more to this purpose. CHAP. ..."
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