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Definition: badminton from Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology

(sport) a game for two or four people on a court with a net played with lightweight rackets and a shuttlecock, the object being to win more points than the opposition by preventing the shuttlecock from hitting the ground [first played in the 1870s at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, country seat of the dukes of Beaufort]

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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Racket game similar to lawn tennis but played on a smaller court and with a shuttlecock (a half sphere of cork or plastic with a feather or nylon skirt) instead of a ball. The object of the game is to prevent the opponent from being able to return the shuttlecock. Badminton is played by two or four players. The court measures 6.1 m/20 ft by 13.4 m/44 ft. A net, 0.8 m/2.5 ft deep, is stretched across the middle of the court and at a height of 1.52 m/5 ft above the ground to the top of the net. The shuttlecock must be volleyed. Only the server can win points. The sport is named after Badminton House, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was played in the 19th century. The sport's governing body is the International Badminton Federation, founded in 1934. The major tournaments are held on indoor courts; they include the Thomas Cup , an international team championship for men, first held in 1949; the Uber Cup , a women's international team competition, first held in 1957; and…
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From The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales
Named after the seat of the Duke of Beaufort ( see Somerset family ) at Badminton, Gloucestershire, where the game was believed to have evolved c. 1870, badminton was being played in Wales by the early years of the 20th century. The Welsh Badminton Union was formed in 1928, and came to consist of…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(băd'mĭntӘn), 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. A badminton court for singles play…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
‘Baduhelm's estate’, OE male personal name Baduhelm + -ING + -TON . The name of a pair of villages, Great Badminton and Little Badminton , in South Gloucestershire, about 9 km (5.5 miles) east of CHIPPING SODBURY . Between them lies Badminton Park, setting of Badminton House, the country seat of the…
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The game of ‘battledore and shuttlecock’ has been around for some time (it appears to go back to the 16th century; the word battledore , which may come ultimately from Portuguese batedor ‘beater’, first turns up in the 15th century, meaning ‘implement for beating clothes when washing them’, but by…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Racket game similar to lawn tennis but played on a smaller court and with a shuttlecock (a half sphere of cork or plastic with a feather or nylon skirt) instead of a ball. The object of the game is to prevent the opponent from being able to return the shuttlecock. Badminton is played by two or four…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Court or lawn game played with light long-handled rackets and a shuttlecock volleyed over a net. The game is named after the residence of Britain’s duke of Beaufort, where it supposedly originated c. 1873. Officially sanctioned badminton matches are played indoors to protect the shuttlecock from…
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
badminton Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia at the 2007...
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