Definition for BAT'TLE-DOOR

BAT'TLE-DOOR, n. [bat'tl-dore.]

  1. An instrument of play, with a handle and a flat board or palm, used to strike a ball or shuttle-cock; a racket. – Locke.
  2. A child's horn-book. [Not in use in the United States.]

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