mashie

[ mash-ee ]
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noun,plural mash·ies.Golf.
  1. a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.

Origin of mashie

1
First recorded in 1880–85; perhaps from French massue “club,” from unattested Vulgar Latin matteūca, derivative of unattested matte(a) “mallet, club”; see mace1
  • Also called number five iron .
  • Also mashy .

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How to use mashie in a sentence

  • If he wished to use a mashie the Bish would insist on the mid-iron.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Cupid looked at the mashie niblicks and then he looked at Windy.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Xuriel apparently did know his job, for the King's ball continued to be as foozle-proof as the Marshal's mashie.

    In Brief Authority | F. Anstey
  • As an alternative to the cleek the driving mashie has achieved considerable popularity.

  • The driving mashie usually demands a good lie if it is to be played with any amount of success.

British Dictionary definitions for mashie

mashie

mashy

/ (ˈmæʃɪ) /


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

Origin of mashie

1
C19: perhaps from French massue club, ultimately from Latin mateola mallet

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