battledore
Nov. 30th, 2005 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordbattledore - n., the long-handled racket used in badminton.
Also, the wooden paddle used in the ancestor game, battledore and shuttlecock. Possibly from Provençal batedor, beater.
---L.
Also, the wooden paddle used in the ancestor game, battledore and shuttlecock. Possibly from Provençal batedor, beater.
---L.
