'Badminton' definitions:

Definition of 'badminton'

(from WordNet)
noun
A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

Definition of 'Badminton'

From: GCIDE
  • Badminton \Bad"min*ton\, n. [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.]
  • 1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. [1913 Webster]