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Cudg·el n. A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. --Bunyan.
Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended.
To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something).
Cudg·el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.] To beat with a cudgel.
An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits.
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cudgel
n : a club that is used as a weapon
v : strike with a cudgel
[also: cudgelling, cudgelled]