Tennis racquet

Tennis racquet (Accepted)

Tennis racquet (Accepted)

A tennis racquet, or racket, is used in the game of tennis to swat the ball across the court.  It consists of a round frame on a short handle, with a mesh stretched across the frame.  It is a period artifact:  the illustration is based on an example from 1583 [Gianni Clerici, The Ultimate Tennis Book: 500 years of the sport, fig.11].  Unremarkably, the tennis racquet doesn’t seem to have been used in period armory.  The handle is to base by Society default.

Bertrand du Beaumanoir bears:  Vert, two tennis rackets in saltire, a bordure embattled Or.

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