badminton(n = noun.act) - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net;
is a kind of court game
has particulars: battledore, battledore and shuttlecock, singles, doubles

1.  A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. [1913 Webster]

2.  A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened. [1913 Webster]

badminton, n.
1 a game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is played back and forth across a net.
2 a summer drink of claret, soda, and sugar.

Etymology:
Badminton in S. England

badminton court, badminton equipment, badminton racket, badminton racquet