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CIDE DICTIONARY
battle-ax | battle-axe | battle-hardened | battle-scarred | battled | battledoor | battledore | battledore and shuttlecock | battlefield | battlefront | battleful

battledoor

CIDE DICTIONARY

battledoorn. [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador, warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet, fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n.].
  •  An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A child's hornbook.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

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