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Use shuttlecock in a Sentence ... See web results for shuttlecock ... Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
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Also called battledore and shuttlecock. a game from which badminton was developed, played since ancient times in India and other Asian countries. ... children's game played by two persons using small rackets called battledores, which are made of parchment, plastic, or rows of gut or nylon stretched across wooden frames,
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The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom; the "cocke" part of the name was probably derived from the resemblance of the feathers...
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its origins date back at least two thousand years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India and China. Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century.
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The history of badminton is thought to go back to as far as ancient Egyptian and Grecian civilizations. Its development into the contemporary sport of badminton, however, has a distinctly English influence. ... In the 1600s the English played a game they called Battledore and Shuttlecock, in which a feathered shuttlecock...
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Complete your badminton set. You need two rackets and a shuttlecock, often called the birdie, as the bare minimum to play singles badminton. Check your rackets to make sure they're strung.
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How to Play Speedminton. German Bill Brands developed speedminton, also known as shuttleball and speed badminton. ... Played with rackets similar to squash and a heavier shuttlecock called a speeder, speedminton can be played anywhere you can set up a court. Though it is most popular in Germany, the sport is growing...
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badminton, The History of Badminton: Badminton came from a child's game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets. Some form of the sport was played long ago in ancient Greece and Egypt. ... The game was called poona in India during the 19th century,
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(băd´mĭnt n) , game played by volleying a shuttlecock (called a "bird" )–a small, cork hemisphere to which feathers are attached–over a net. Light, gut-strung rackets are used. Badminton, which is generally similar to tennis, is played by two or four persons.
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