bat|tle|dore

bat|tle|dore
bat|tle|dore «BAT uhl DR, -DOHR», noun, verb, -dored, -dor|ing.
–n.
1. a paddle or small racket used to hit a shuttlecock back and forth in the game of battledore and shuttlecock.
2. the game itself, played by two persons.
–v.t., v.i.
Rare. to drive, toss, or fly to and fro.
╂[Middle English batyldoure bat1 (for washing) perhaps < Old Provençal batedor a beater < Latin battuere strike]

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