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2. Battledore and shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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   Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks , made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed ...

3. Badminton - Wikipedia

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   Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries across Eurasia, [a] but the modern game of badminton developed in the mid-19th century among the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older term for "racquet".) [4] Its exact

4. Hanetsuki - Wikipedia

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   Hanetsuki Hanetsuki paddles (left) and shuttlecocks (right) being sold at a shop in a train station.. Hanetsuki (Japanese: 羽根突き or 羽子突き) is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a hane. [1]

5. Shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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   Feather shuttlecocks Plastic shuttlecock. A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically ...

6. Senate Democrats name top leadership positions after losing ...

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   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for the Senate Democrats' leadership election in the Manfield Room in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.

7. List of racket sports - Wikipedia

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   Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. [1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings.