2. Noun. a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Racquets
1. racquet [n] - See also: racquet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Racquets
Literary usage of Racquets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times by Georgiana Hill (1896)
"... of foreigners for English women—English dress—Public morals— Contrast between
town and country life—A country lady in London—racquets, routs, ..."
2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Dutch racquets, or the Dutch Top Game, is very similar to the game of Castle
Bagatelle, or Cannonade. The appliances needed are somewhat expensive, ..."
3. The Year's Sport: A Review of British Sports and Pastimes for the Year 1885- by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1886)
"IN common with tennis, the game of racquets labours under the disadvantage of
... There seems little reason to doubt that fives was the origin of racquets. ..."
4. The Book of Health by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1883)
"... Cricket—Football—First Aid to the Injured—Swimming—Lawn Tennis—racquets—Bicycling
and ... racquets ..."
5. Bright Ideas for Entertaining; Two Hundred Forms of Amusement Or by Herbert B. Linscott (1905)
"TENNIS SOCIABLE Write invitations on small white cardboard racquets. Decorate the
walls with tennis racquets and nets. Have tennis racquets hung from each ..."
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