[bad-min-tn] 
| a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half. |
| bad·min·ton (bād'mĭn'tən, -mĭt'n) n. A sport played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket. [After Badminton, the Duke of Beaufort's country seat in western England.] |