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ˈcourt-craft
1. The craft or art practised or required at court; statecraft in the interest or service of the court.
1646Fanshawe Pastor Fido (1676) 158 And in Court-craft not having any skill. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. viii. (1851) 190 You are made the King's Chief Treasurer and Steward of his Court-Craft [L. aulicæ astutiæ]. 1735–8Bolingbroke On Parties Ded. 13 The Throne is now establish'd, not on the narrow and sandy Foundations of Court-Craft, and unconstitutional Expedients, but on the Popularity of the Prince.
2. Craft or skill in the movements and positioning required on a tennis-court, as distinguished from the strokes.
1923Daily Mail 28 Mar. 9 She lacks courtcraft, and is frequently out of position. 1928Observer 17 June 6 The learner will find most of the teachers agreeing about grip, position, swing, follow-through, balance, court-craft, [etc.]. |