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(noun) - (1) The game of tennis. Evidently from Belgian kaatspel, as the ball used in tennis is called kaatsbal, and the chace or limits of the game kaats. Old French cace signifies chace, and cache incursion.
--John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 1808
(2) During the reign of France's Charles V palm play, which may properly enough be denominated hand-tennis, was exceedingly fashionable in France, being played by the nobility for large sums of money.
--Joseph Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 1801
January 18, 2018