battledore
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bat·tle·dore
(băt'l-dôr') 
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n.
- An early form of badminton played with a flat wooden paddle and a shuttlecock.
- The paddle used in this game.
- A badminton racket.
[Middle English batildore, perhaps blend of betel, bat. See beetle3 and Old Provençal batedor, bat (from battre, to beat , from Late Latin battere; see batter1).]
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