Main Entry: ¹rack·et

Variant(s): or rac·quet \ˈra-kət\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist

Date: circa 1520

1 : a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2 usually racquets plural but sing in constr : a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court

[racket illustration]