mashie

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[mash-ee]

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.

mashie

/ ˈmæʃɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mashie¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mashie¹

C19: perhaps from French massue club, ultimately from Latin mateola mallet

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.

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

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

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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.

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

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