Battledore Definition

bătl-dôr

noun

An early form of badminton played with a flat wooden paddle and a shuttlecock.

American Heritage

A flat paddle or racket used to hit a shuttlecock back and forth in a game (called battledore and shuttlecock) from which badminton developed.

Webster's New World

The paddle used in this game.

American Heritage

This game.

Webster's New World

A badminton racket.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Battledore

Singular:

battledore

Plural:

battledores

Middle English batildore perhaps blend of betel bat beetle³ Old Provençal batedor bat (from battre to beat) (from Late Latin battere batter¹)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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