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casse-tête
[< Cdn F "head-breaker"]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1776
They have still another weapon, formed of a stone of about two pounds weight, which is sewed in leather, and made fast to a wooden handle, two feet long. This primitive weapon was known to the traders as a casse tete, or war club, and was gradually superceded by those of wood . . . with a spike of iron imbedded in the ball or bulb at the end.
<i>c</i>1804
The dress of the men consists of a molton capot, or coat, in the Canadian fashion, which comes down to the knees . . . they tighten it round the body with a worsted belt, in which the cassetête and knife are occasionally worn.
1933
The "cassetette" (casse-tête) was a club or tomahawk that was used as a weapon.
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