Definition of Racquets

1. Noun. (plural of racquet) ¹

2. Noun. a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Racquets

1. racquet [n] - See also: racquet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Racquets

raconteurs
racoon
racoonda
racoons
racquet
racquet-tail
racquet-tails
racquet hypha
racquet sports
racquetball
racquetballer
racquetballers
racquetless
racquetlike
racquets (current term)
ractopamine
racy
rad
rad.
rada
radande
radar
radar astronomy
radar beacon
radar dome
radar domes
radar echo
radar fire
radar gun

Literary usage of Racquets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times by Georgiana Hill (1896)
"... of foreigners for English women—English dress—Public morals— Contrast between town and country life—A country lady in London—racquets, routs, ..."

2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Dutch racquets, or the Dutch Top Game, is very similar to the game of Castle Bagatelle, or Cannonade. The appliances needed are somewhat expensive, ..."

3. The Year's Sport: A Review of British Sports and Pastimes for the Year 1885- by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1886)
"IN common with tennis, the game of racquets labours under the disadvantage of ... There seems little reason to doubt that fives was the origin of racquets. ..."

4. The Book of Health by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1883)
"... Cricket—Football—First Aid to the Injured—Swimming—Lawn Tennis—racquets—Bicycling and ... racquets ..."

5. Bright Ideas for Entertaining; Two Hundred Forms of Amusement Or by Herbert B. Linscott (1905)
"TENNIS SOCIABLE Write invitations on small white cardboard racquets. Decorate the walls with tennis racquets and nets. Have tennis racquets hung from each ..."

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