cudgeled

Variant of cudgel

noun

a short, thick stick or club

Origin: ME (SW dial.) kuggel < OE cycgel, lit., club with rounded head, akin to Ger kugel, ball < IE base *geu-, to curve, bend > cod

transitive verb cudgeled or cudgelled, cudgeling or cudgelling

to beat with a cudgel
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