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battledore definition

battle·dore (bat′'l dôr′)

noun

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

Etymology: ME batildore < OProv batedor, beater < OFr battre (see batter): sp. infl. by ME betel, beetle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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