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casse-tête [< Cdn F "head-breaker"] Hist. 
n. See quotes.
See also: break-head casse-tête à calumet pogamagan war club gunstock club
- c1804 (1889-1890) 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.
- 1776 (1901) 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 This primitive weapon was known to the traders as a casse tete, or war club, and was gradually superceded by those of wood .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.
- 1933 The "cassetette" (casse-tête) was a club or tomahawk that was used as a weapon.
- c1804 (1889-1890) 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.