3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  n.  [F.  raquette;  cf  Sp  raquets  It 
  racchetta  which  is  perhaps  for  retichetta  and  fr  L.  rete  a 
  net  (cf.  {Reticule});  or  perh.  from  the  Arabic;  cf  Ar 
  r[=a]ha  the  palm  of  the  hand  (used  at  first  to  strike  the 
  ball),  and  OF  rachette  rasquette  carpus,  tarsus.]  [Written 
  also  {racquet}.] 
  1.  A  thin  strip  of  wood,  having  the  ends  brought  together, 
  forming  a  somewhat  elliptical  hoop,  across  which  a  network 
  of  catgut  or  cord  is  stretched.  It  is  furnished  with  a 
  handle,  and  is  used  for  catching  or  striking  a  ball  in 
  tennis  and  similar  games. 
 
  Each  one  [of  the  Indians]  has  a  bat  curved  like  a 
  crosier,  and  ending  in  a  racket.  --Bancroft. 
 
  2.  A  variety  of  the  game  of  tennis  played  with  peculiar 
  long-handled  rackets;  --  chiefly  in  the  plural.  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  A  snowshoe  formed  of  cords  stretched  across  a  long  and 
  narrow  frame  of  light  wood.  [Canada] 
 
  4.  A  broad  wooden  shoe  or  patten  for  a  man  horse,  to  enable 
  him  to  step  on  marshy  or  soft  ground. 
 
  {Racket  court},  a  court  for  playing  the  game  of  rackets. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racquet  \Rac"quet\,  n. 
  See  {Racket}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  racquet 
  n  :  a  sports  implement  consisting  of  a  handle  and  an  oval  frame 
  with  a  tightly  interlaced  network  of  strings;  used  to 
  strike  a  ball  (or  shuttlecock)  in  various  games  [syn:  {racket}] 

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