- battledore⇄battledore, noun, verb, -dored,-doring.
- battledore⇄noun 1. a paddle or small racket used to hit a shuttlecock back and forth in the game of battledore and shuttlecock.
2. the game itself, played by two persons. - battledore⇄v.t., v.i. (Rare.) to drive, toss, or fly to and fro.