battledore
A game played with a shuttlecock and racketsA game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
» The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
Значение
значений: 4A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
The racket used in this game.
Federballschläger
an ancient racket game
(историческое)A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.
Bleuel, Wäschebleuel, Waschbleuel
валёкvaljók
пра́никprányk, прачprač
(устаревшее)A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.
Примеры
предложений: 1The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English batildore, batylledore, batildure, batyldoure, batyndore, probably asFrom Middle English batildore, batylledore, batildure, batyldoure, batyndore, probably as a blend of Middle English betel (“bat, club”) and Old Occitan batedor (“beater, bat”).
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Формы
мн. число: battledoresСинонимы
синонимов: 3- an ancient racket game:battledore and shuttlecock
- a light long-handled racket used by badminton players:badminton racketbadminton racquet