an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled indoor court with various openings, a sloping-roofed corridor along three sides, and a buttress on the fourth side
Also called: royal tennis
Examples of 'real tennis' in a sentence
real tennis
He often plays real tennis on the court behind the pavilion.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Also depicted is a real tennis court that will be partially sunken underground.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In 1838 Dark erected a real tennis court.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A more jolly, generous and enthusiastic man it would be difficult to find and the real tennis world is much poorer without him.