racquet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: racquet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for racquet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
racquet n a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games Synonym(s): racket, racquet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[be]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racquet \Rac"quet\, n. See {Racket}.