Hypertext Webster Gateway: "badminton"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
badminton
n : a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
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