court tennis
- noun
- Literature
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tenis de sala
- Low-court tennis was Bithras's favorite sport.
- clay court tennis
Examples
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The cornfield would later become the site of a clay court tennis club where I would spend much of my time.
Fiction book (2002) -
The trophy for the Seaboard City Clay court tennis championship--
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Playing court tennis requires a good understanding of the unusual rules that govern this ancient sport.
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Many players enjoy court tennis because it emphasizes precision and strategy over sheer power.
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The distinct features of court tennis include its walled court and the use of unique rackets.
Synonyms
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An old indoor game like tennis played on a special court with walls
An old indoor game like tennis that uses a court with four walls
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is clearly built from 'court' + 'tennis', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a type or variant of tennis associated with a court. However, the specific historical sense (an ancient indoor four‑walled predecessor to lawn tennis) is not predictable from the constituents alone, so full meaning requires prior exposure or cultural/historical knowledge.
Etymology
Court tennis gets its name from being played inside a special roofed court in old palaces, and the word tennis was the name for the ball game played there. That's why court tennis means the 'indoor' or older form of modern lawn tennis.