Definition of Tennes
Ten"nis (?), n. [OE. tennes,
tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F.
tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see
Tenable).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept
in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and
playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
Macaulay.
Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played
within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from
lawn tennis. -- Lawn tennis. See under
Lawn, n. -- Tennis court,
a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak.
Ten"nis, v. t. To drive backward and
forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] Spenser.
Ten"nis (?), n. [OE. tennes,
tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F.
tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see
Tenable).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept
in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and
playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
Macaulay.
Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played
within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from
lawn tennis. -- Lawn tennis. See under
Lawn, n. -- Tennis court,
a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak.
Ten"nis, v. t. To drive backward and
forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] Spenser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (sport) A sport played by either two or four players with strung raquets, a 3" (?) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court.
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