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| battledore [ bátt'l dawr ] (plural battledores) |
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| Definition: |
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1. early racket game: an early racket game played by two people with flat wooden rackets and a shuttlecock
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2. racket used in battledore: a light racket, smaller than a tennis racket, used for hitting the shuttlecock in battledore
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3. wooden bat: a wooden bat formerly used to beat clothes when washing them
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| [15th century. Probably < Provençal batedor 'beater' < battre 'to beat' < late Latin bat(t)uere] |
