The original form of tennis, played with a solid ball on an enclosed court divided into equal but dissimilar halves, the service side (from which service is always delivered) and the hazard side (on which service is received). A similar game was played in monastery cloisters in the 11th century.
He can be passionate about beekeeping or real tennis or skiing or collecting old books; but buildings are merely assets to buy and sell.
He needed his own energy, particularly for the scene in which he plays real tennis against Dudley.
The Earl's penchant is for real tennis, the sport through which he met his wife.
In the early years of the reign of Henry VIII a law was passed in 1512 that banned the ordinary person from a whole range of games such as real tennis, as favoured by Henry VII, cards, dice, bowls and skittles.
Let me hasten to add, that's the smaller ball of real tennis, about 5-1/2 centimetres in diameter, not today's familiar lawn tennis ball.
Definition of real tennis in US English:
real tennis
nounri(ə)l ˈtɛnəsrē(ə)l ˈtenəs
British
The original form of tennis, played with a solid ball on an enclosed court divided into equal but dissimilar halves, the service side (from which service is always delivered) and the hazard side (on which service is received); court tennis.
He needed his own energy, particularly for the scene in which he plays real tennis against Dudley.
The Earl's penchant is for real tennis, the sport through which he met his wife.
In the early years of the reign of Henry VIII a law was passed in 1512 that banned the ordinary person from a whole range of games such as real tennis, as favoured by Henry VII, cards, dice, bowls and skittles.
Let me hasten to add, that's the smaller ball of real tennis, about 5-1/2 centimetres in diameter, not today's familiar lawn tennis ball.
He can be passionate about beekeeping or real tennis or skiing or collecting old books; but buildings are merely assets to buy and sell.