battledore

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}]
    

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]
    

battledore \bat"tle*dore\ n.
   same as {battledoor}.

   Syn: battledore and shuttlecock.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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