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Meaning of battledore and shuttlecock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An early version of the game badminton.

historical, uncountable

Equivalents

日本語 羽根突き
Polski wolant

Examples

“But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adele and Pilot—ran a race⟳ with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock.”
“At night before I slept alternate horrors of ruin buffeted me this way and that in an endless game of battledore and shuttlecock.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

battledress Battlefield Battlefielder Battlefields Battleflat battlefleet

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