badminton

2 definitions found

badminton - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Badminton \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
        [1913 Webster]

badminton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  badminton
      n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
           used to volley a shuttlecock over a net