I should think,” said Tom, “that the cork points to the battledoor for the same reason that the weathercock always points to the wind.
The game of battledoor and shuttlecock is a popular one with us from childhood upwards, but I am not aware that any close observer and noter of curious things has ever calculated how many shuttlecocks an ordinary battledoor will outlast.
Here it is, your majesty," shouted the prince, as he held up triumphantly the battledoor and shuttlecock high in the air.
The battledoor was in the very depths of the pocket; only the point of the handle was visible.
After a day in music and embroidery, with sundry games at Battledoor and The Graces with her sister, Floracita heard the approaching footsteps of her father, and, as usual, bounded forth to meet him.
Day after day, her intimate friends found her playingbattledoor or the Graces, or practising pretty French romanzas, flowery rondeaux, or lively dances.
There is no prettier sight, to my mind, than a group of little girls in their many-colored wide-sleeved dresses playing with battledoor or ball.
At the New Year the popular out-of-door games are battledoorand shuttlecock, and ball.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "battledoor" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
