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Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is an early sport related to modern
Games with a shuttlecock are attested to as early as 2,000 years ago, and have been popular in India, China, Japan, and Siam. Various traditional shuttlecock games have been played by North American indigenous peoples, including the Kwakiutl, Pima, Salish, and Zuni; they are often played with a feathered shuttle made of
"Cornhusk Shuttlecock Game"
NativeTech.org. In Europe, battledore and shuttlecock was played by children for centuries, and ancient drawings appearing to depict the game have been found in Greece. Its most popular modern development is the game of
Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is an early sport related to modern badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
. The game is played by two or more people using small rackets
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(battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecock
A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. T ...
s, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed around the top. The object is for players to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground.History
Games with a shuttlecock are attested to as early as 2,000 years ago, and have been popular in India, China, Japan, and Siam. Various traditional shuttlecock games have been played by North American indigenous peoples, including the Kwakiutl, Pima, Salish, and Zuni; they are often played with a feathered shuttle made of corn husk
Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective ...
or twigs and sometimes a wooden battledore.Tara Prindle"Cornhusk Shuttlecock Game"
NativeTech.org. In Europe, battledore and shuttlecock was played by children for centuries, and ancient drawings appearing to depict the game have been found in Greece. Its most popular modern development is the game of
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
.
See also
*Hanetsuki
is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a '' hagoita'' and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a ''hane''. Often played by girls at the New Y ...
, a Japanese variant
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