OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30277

cudgel

/ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mazo
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates.
Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
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