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Definition of racquet

racquet
Racket Rack"et, n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It. racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net (cf. Reticule); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. r[=a]ha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written also racquet.] 1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. --Bancroft. 2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer. 3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada] 4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.
Racquet
Racquet Rac"quet, n. See Racket.

Meaning of racquet from wikipedia

- A racket or racquet is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttle**** in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components:...
- Badminton is a racquet sport pla**** using racquets to hit a shuttle**** across a net. Although it may be pla**** with larger teams, the most common forms...
- Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. Rackets consist of a handled frame...
- Racquet Club or similar may mean: Calcutta Racket Club Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club Racquet and Tennis Club, New York Racquet Club of Chicago Racquet...
- Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport pla**** with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport...
- Girl with a Racquet or Girl Playing with a Racquet is an oil-on-canvas painting of a young girl holding a racquet and shuttle**** by the French artist...
- '라켓소년단' 31일 첫 방송" [[Broadcasting News] SBS new Monday and Tuesday drama 'Racquet Boys' first broadcast on the 31st]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived...
- The "spaghetti" racquet was a type of double-strung tennis racquet that had a brief spike in po****rity in the fall of 1977, revolutionizing the sport...
- In racquet nails (also known as brachyonychia, nail en raquette, and racquet thumb), the nail plate is flattened, the end of the thumb is widened and...
- The Racquet Club was a resort in Palm Springs, California, founded by actors Charles Farrell and Ralph Bellamy, which opened on December 15, 1934. Originally...