battledore: Meaning and Definition of

bat•tle•dore

1. Also calleda game from which badminton was developed, played since ancient times in India and other Asian countries.
2. a light racket for striking the shuttlecock in this game.
3. a 17th- and 18th-century hornbook of wood or cardboard, used as a child's primer.

1. to toss or fly back and forth: to battledore the plan among one's colleagues.