资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Casse-tete \Casse`-t[^e]te"\, n. [F., fr. casser to breal (see
   2d {Quash}) + t[^e]te head.]
   A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of
   its supposed use in crushing the skull.