- a game from which badminton was developed, played since ancient times in India and other Asian countries.
- a light racket for striking the shuttlecock in this game.
- a 17th- and 18th-century hornbook of wood or cardboard, used as a child's primer.
- to toss or fly back and forth: to battledore the plan among one's colleagues.
- an ancient racket game
- a light racket, smaller than a tennis racket, used for striking the shuttlecock in this game
- (formerly) a wooden utensil used for beating clothes, in baking, etc
