In turning, it struck the Halbrane and carried it off just as a battledore catches a shuttlecock, and now here we are, stranded at certainly one hundred feet above the level of the Antarctic Sea.
"An Antarctic Mystery"
Jules Verne
Even in her zeal for study, really remarkable in so young a girl, Christina could not forego her misguided love of power and her tendency to practical joking, and one day she even made two grave philosophers, who were holding a profound discussion in her presence over some deep philosophic subject, suddenly cease their arguments to play with her at battledore and shuttlecock.
"Historic Girls"
E. S. Brooks
Well, my dear, I'll come, and we will play at battledore and shuttlecock to your heart's content.
"The Keeper of the Door"
Ethel M. Dell