racket court (raketkort)

A court or area in which the game of rackets is played; a ten racketer (rak'et-ėr), n. [ At a private concert last night with my cousins and Mi Clements; and again to be at a play this night; I shall be a racketer , I doubt. Richardson, Sir Charles Grand is on, I. letter xvi. racket-ground (rak'et-ground), n. Same as racket-court. The area, it appeared from Mr. Roker's statement, was the racket - ground . Dickens , Pickwick, xli. racket tail (rak'et-tāl), п. A humming-bird of the genus Discurus and related forms, having two feathers of the tail shaped like rackets. racket-tailed (rak'et-tald), a. Having the tail formed in part like a racket; having a racket on the tail, as the motmots ( Momotidæ ), certain humming-birds ( Discurus , etc.), or a parrakeet of the genus Prion it urus . in an open chimney to support a pot or kettle. See trammel. Also called ratten - crook. racking-faucet (rak'ing-fa"set), n. Same as racking - cock. racking-pump (rak'ing-pump), n. A pump for the transfer of liquors from vats to casks, etc., when the difference of level is such as to prevent the use of a siphon or faucet.