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Noun
/ˈbatlˌdôr/,
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battledores, plural;
  1. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets; a forerunner of badminton

  2. The small racket used in this

  1. badminton racket: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
  2. an ancient racket game
  3. Battledore and Shuttlecock or Jeu de Volantis is an early game similar to that of modern Badminton.
  4. (Battledores) An Alphabet book is a book primarily designed for young children. It presents letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and/or images. Some alphabet books feature capitals and lower case letter forms, keywords beginning with specific letters, or illustrations of keywords. ...
  5. A glassworker's tool in the form of a square wooden paddle with a handle. Battledores are used to smooth the bottoms of vessels and other objects.
  6. A HORN-BOOK, a printed piece of cardboard for elementary education. It was shaped like a paddle used in badminton or table tennis.
  7. a wooden paddle used to flatten portions of a bottle as it is being hand blown. IGCB
  8. A child’s first school-book, containing alpahabet, numerals, etc, on thick coarse paper made to fold; generally sold by travelling sales-persons. “You shall not neede to buy bookes, no, scorne to distinguish a B from a Battledore.” – Gul’s Horne-booke, 1609.