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Dictionary Results for battledore:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
battledore
    n 1: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn:
         badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore]
    2: an ancient racket game [syn: battledore, battledore and
       shuttlecock]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
battledoor \bat"tle*door`\, n. [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form
   of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he
   who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador,
   warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet,
   fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n.]
   1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with
      parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a
      shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and
      shuttlecock. [Also spelled battledore.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
battledore \bat"tle*dore\ n.
   same as battledoor.

   Syn: battledore and shuttlecock.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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