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What (who) is cudgel - definition
MARTIAL ART
Single-Stick; Single stick; Cudgel playing; Cudgel-playing
cudgel
I. n.
Club, bludgeon.
II. v. a.
Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel. See beat.
Cudgel
·vt To beat with a cudgel.
II. Cudgel ·noun A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
cudgel
['k?d?(?)l]
¦ noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon.
¦ verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel.
Phrases
cudgel one's brain Brit. think hard about a problem.
take up cudgels start to defend or support someone or something strongly.
Origin
OE cycgel, of unknown origin.
Wikipedia
Singlestick
Singlestick is a martial art that uses a wooden stick as its weapon. It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of backswords (such as the sabre or the cutlass). Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to singlestick play, which also includes a self-defense variant with a walking stick.
Examples of use of cudgel
1. He snatched a Masai cudgel from the trespasser and wielded it above his head.
2. Bob Riley (R), Bush attempted to turn criticism of his Iraq policy into a cudgel.
3. Yet in recent weeks the gas station has become a political cudgel.
4. He does not shout nor wave the Koran like a cudgel.
5. Soldiers killed him for an unexplained reason with cudgel blows and kicks, while he was waiting at the bus stop.