What is "squash rackets"

Squash \Squash\, n.

1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

   Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod.
   --Shak.

2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. ``This squash, this gentleman.''
   --Shak.

3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
   --Arbuthnot.

   My fall was stopped by a terrible squash.
   --Swift.

4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called also squash rackets.

n. (squash racket English)

n. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash, squash racquets]