Rack·et n.  [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.
 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 or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
 Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.