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Definition of Battledore and shuttlecock
1. Noun. An ancient racket game.
Definition of Battledore and shuttlecock
1. Noun. (obsolete) An early version of the game ''badminton''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battledore And Shuttlecock
Literary usage of Battledore and shuttlecock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1891)
"Royal Commissions—Mr. Ritchie's statement—Torrens' and Cross's Acts—A game of
battledore and shuttlecock—The Shaftesbury Acts—Earl Compton's ..."
4. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"O'Connell and Peel playing battledore and shuttlecock with the Whis: M inistry.
Pen and pencil; roy., 10| x HJ in. Political sketches, No. 649. Rev. ..."
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