Usually means: Shuttlecock-hitting game, precursor to badminton.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word battledore:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. battledore: Merriam-Webster
  2. battledore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. battledore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. battledore: Collins English Dictionary
  5. battledore: Vocabulary.com
  6. Battledore, battledore: Wordnik
  7. battledore: Wiktionary
  8. battledore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. battledore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. battledore: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. battledore: Dictionary.com
  12. battledore: Rhymezone
  13. battledore: FreeDictionary.org
  14. battledore: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. battledore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. battledore: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. battledore: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Battledore: Bottle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (battledore)

noun:  A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
noun:  The racket used in this game.
noun:  (obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet.
noun:  (historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them.

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