'Court tennis' definitions:

Definition of 'court tennis'

noun

An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court [syn: royal tennis, real tennis, court tennis]

From: GCIDE

Tennis \Ten"nis\, n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis.
Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n.
Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE