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Jeu de paume - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (294 words) |
 | Jeu de paume was originally a French precursor of lawn tennis played without racquets. |
| The indoor version is sometimes called jeu de courte paume or just courte paume (short palm) to distinguish it from the outdoor version, longue paume, played on a longer court. |
| Some important buildings in France are known by the name jeu de paume, in general because of their proximity to tennis courts or to sites on which courts once stood. |
| Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume - definition of Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Encyclopedia (147 words) |
| The Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is a museum of contemporary art in the north-west corner of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris. |
| It originally housed tennis courts; the name is from the precursor of tennis, the jeu de paume. |
| The Jeu de Paume and the Looting of France (http://docproj.loyola.edu/jdp/) |
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