What is "court tennis"

Tennis \Ten"nis\, 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.

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
--Macaulay.

Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis.

Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n.

Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis.
--Shak.

Court tennis \Court" ten"nis\ (k?rt" t?n"n?s). See under Tennis.

n. real tennis

n. an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court [syn: royal tennis, real tennis]