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Definition of Battledore
1. Noun. A light long-handled racket used by badminton players.
Category relationships: Badminton
Generic synonyms: Racket, Racquet
2. Noun. An ancient racket game.
Definition of Battledore
1. Noun. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton ¹
2. Noun. The racket used in this game ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battledore
Literary usage of Battledore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1868)
"... exhibit similar generic and specific alliances and differences, and answer
the same purpose of identification. The name "battledore" is not appropriate. ..."
2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell (London) (1896)
"A more expensive kind of battledore is made of boxwood for handle, with a strained
net, like the bat used in lawn tennis (в). Either of the first two may be ..."
3. Reconstruction and Union, 1865-1912 by Paul Leland Haworth (1912)
"CHAPTER VI battledore AND SHUTTLECOCK ON the 4th of March, 1885, a great throng
gathered before the east ..."
4. The Journal of Health (1831)
"... but not allowed to touch the ground ; skipping with the rope ; and battledore
and shuttlecock. One of the best exercises both in gymnastics and ..."
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