mashie

American  

[mash-ee] / ˈmæʃ i /

Also mashy

noun

Golf.

plural

mashies

1. a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.

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mashie British  

/ ˈmæʃɪ /

noun

1. golf (formerly) a club, corresponding to the modern No. 5 or No. 6 iron, used for approach shots

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Etymology

Origin of mashie

First recorded in 1880–85; perhaps from French massue “club,” from unattested Vulgar Latin matteūca, derivative of unattested matte(a) “mallet, club”; mace ¹

Example Sentences

Old Morris passed on his mashie niblick — an early term for a seven iron — to his equally talented son, Young Tom Morris, who won the British Open four times from 1868 to 1872.

From Los Angeles Times

Without the commitment of golf to saving archaic and banal objects, the “niblick” and “mashie” would be truly endangered.

From Washington Post

The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith.

From Golf Digest

The first was by Ross Somerville in the tournament’s inaugural year of 1934 when he hit a mashie niblick from 145 yards into the cup.

From Golf Digest

Everyone has to use the same persimmon niblicks and mashies and brassies, or whatever.

From Golf Digest