cudgel (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[cudgel 词源字典]
Old English cycgel "club with rounded head;" perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to curve, bend."[cudgel etymology, cudgel origin, 英语词源]
cudgel (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"to beat with a cudgel," 1590s, from cudgel (n.). Related: Cudgeled; cudgeling.