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bat·tle·dore and shut·tle·cock

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  1. battledore, battledore and shuttlecocknoun

    an ancient racket game

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  1. battledore and shuttlecocknoun

    An early version of the game badminton.

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  1. Battledore and shuttlecock

    Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is an early sport related to modern badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed around the top. The object is for players to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground.

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  1. battledore and shuttlecock

    Battledore and Shuttlecock is an precursor to the modern game of badminton. It is an ancient game, where two players use paddles, called battledores, to hit a conical shaped object, the shuttlecock, back and forth. The goal of the game is to keep the shuttlecock in the air as long as possible without it hitting the ground.

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  1. Battledore and Shuttlecock

    Battledore and shuttlecock or jeu de volant is an early game similar to that of modern badminton. This game is played by two people, with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top. The object of the players is to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground. Games with a shuttlecock are believed to have originated in ancient Greece about 2,000 years ago. From there they spread via the Indo-Greek kingdoms to India and then further east to China and Siam. There are Greek drawings extant representing a game almost identical with battledore and shuttlecock, and it has been popular in India, China, Japan, and Siam for at least 2,000 years. In Europe it has been played by children for centuries. A further development is badminton.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of battledore and shuttlecock in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of battledore and shuttlecock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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