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Battledoor   Listen
noun
battledoor  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)
2.
A child's hornbook. (Obs.)





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"Battledoor" Quotes from Famous Books



... destruction of the fort, two Indians of the Calumet band came to the fort on a visit to the commanding officer. As they passed through the quarters, they saw Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Helm playing at battledoor. ...
— Wau-bun - The Early Day in the Northwest • Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie


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