See under Tennis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable). ] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Court tennis,
Lawn tennis.
Tennis court,
v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]