Shuttlecock
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A shuttlecock is a high-drag projectile, designed to decelerate very quickly, used in multiple sports, most notably badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or a synthetic material,
Feather shuttlecocks
Shuttlecock at a badminton court in Penang, Malaysia.
Badminton
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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" and "doubles". Badmin
Shuttlecock
…also called a birdie or shuttle, or ball) is a high-drag projectile, designed to decelerate very quickly, used in multiple sports, most notably badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or a synthetic material, such as plastic, embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's…
Two Chinese pairs compete in the mixed doubles gold medal match of the 2012 Olympics
Match in pairs
An 1854 depiction of battledore and shuttlecock by John Leech
Charles Gleyre, Odysseus and Nausicaa (with badminton rackets)