Battledore

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  battledore \bat"tle*dore\ n.
     same as {battledoor}.
  
     Syn: battledore and shuttlecock.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  battledore
       n 1: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn:
            {badminton racket}, {badminton racquet}]
       2: an ancient racket game [syn: {battledore and shuttlecock}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "battledore":
     Lastex, abecedarium, abecedary, agate, alphabet book, baleen, ball,
     baseball bat, bat, bauble, blocks, casebook, checkerboard,
     chessboard, chewing gum, club, cockhorse, cricket bat, cue, doll,
     doll carriage, elastic, elastomer, exercise book, gewgaw, gimcrack,
     golf club, gradus, grammar, gum, gum elastic, handball, hobbyhorse,
     hornbook, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws,
     jumping jack, kickshaw, knickknack, manual, manual of instruction,
     marble, marionette, mig, paper doll, pick-up sticks, pinwheel,
     plaything, primer, puppet, racket, rag doll, reader, rocking horse,
     rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, schoolbook, spandex, speller,
     spelling book, sport, spring, springboard, steelie, stretch fabric,
     t, taw, teetotum, text, top, toy, toy soldier, trampoline, trinket,
     whalebone, whim-wham, workbook