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battledore

battledore

9.9
A light wooden racket with a long handle used to hit a shuttlecock
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • The museum displayed an antique battledore next to a modern badminton racket.

Examples

  • In Victorian times, children often played with a battledore and shuttlecock in the garden.

  • Before the invention of today's rackets, players used a wooden battledore for the game.

  • The children played with a battledore and a shuttlecock.

  • He bought two battledores for the game.

  • In Victorian times, children often played with a battledore and shuttlecock in the garden.

  • Before the invention of today's rackets, players used a wooden battledore for the game.

  • The museum displayed an antique battledore next to a modern badminton racket.

Synonyms

racket
vsbattledore
43 1.6

A handled frame with tight strings used to hit a ball in tennis

is an earlier simple form rather than the modern strung oval implement
badminton racket
vsbattledore
1 2.6

A light, long-handled frame with strings used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton

is an older form used historically rather than the modern sport implement
badminton racquet
vsbattledore
2.9

A light frame with a long handle and small head used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton

is older in origin rather than the modern sporting implement

Compounds

battledore and shuttlecock
  • Archaic
9.9

An old game where players use small rackets to keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air as long as possible

How Light

battledore
  • Archaic
9.9
tennis racket
11 1.4

Surface Forms

battledore singular
battledores plural

Etymology

Battledore comes from old words like bat and dore that suggest 'to beat' and 'board', so it was originally a flat wooden paddle used to hit a shuttlecock. That's why battledore now means the light, long-handled racket used in games like badminton.