Definitions for: Badminton

[n] a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

Webster (1913) Definition: Bad"min*ton, n. [From the name of the seat of the
Duke of Beaufort in England.]
1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

See Also: battledore, battledore and shuttlecock, court game, doubles, exchange, rally, singles