[syn: battledore, battledore and shuttlecock]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
battledore \bat"tle*dore\ n.
same as battledoor.
Syn: battledore and shuttlecock.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
battledore
n 1: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn:
badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore]
2: an ancient racket game [syn: battledore, battledore and
shuttlecock]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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