EGAVE

battledore

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
  2. noun The racket used in this game.
  3. noun A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.
  4. noun A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.

Similar words

battledore and shuttlecock battledoor shuttlecock badminton badmitten badminton racket badders birdie badminton ball shuttler

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