shuttlecock

     

A shuttlecock is a high-rag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen overlapping goose feathers embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather.

Trivia about shuttlecock

  • Before there was plastic, this badminton playing piece was made with a cork & feathers
  • A birdie, in badminton(11)
  • Also called a birdie, it's the object that's struck back & forth in a game of badminton
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates) It was the name once of the game itself as well as the object you strike

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