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What (who) is BATTLEDORE - definition
battledore
['bat(?)ld?:]
¦ noun
1. (also battledore and shuttlecock) a game played with a shuttlecock and rackets, a forerunner of badminton.
the small racket used in this game.
2. a wooden paddle-shaped implement formerly used to beat and stir washing.
Origin
ME: perh. from Provencal batedor 'beater', from batre 'to beat'.
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.
Alphabet book
![The first page of ''[[Abckiria]]'', written by [[Mikael Agricola]] in 1543.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abckiria.jpg?width=200 "The first page of ''[[Abckiria]]'', written by [[Mikael Agricola]] in 1543.")
EDUCATIONAL BOOK TO TEACH A GIVEN LANGUAGE'S ALPHABET
ABC book; ABC Books; Alphabet books; School Primers; School Primer; A B C book; ABC-book; Battledores; Battledore Book
An alphabet book is a type of children's book giving basic instruction in an alphabet. Intended for young children, alphabet books commonly use pictures, simple language and alliteration to aid language learning.
