mashie
or mash·y
[ mash-ee ]
/ ˈmæʃ i /
noun Golf.
a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
Nearby words
masherbrum, mashgiach, mashgiah, mashhad, mashiach, mashie, mashie iron, mashie niblick, mashlam, mashona, mashrebeeyah
Origin of mashie
Also called number five iron.
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British Dictionary definitions for mashie
mashie
mashy
/ (ˈmæʃɪ) /
noun plural mashies
golf (formerly) a club, corresponding to the modern No. 5 or No. 6 iron, used for approach shots
Word Origin for mashie
C19: perhaps from French massue club, ultimately from Latin mateola mallet
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Word Origin and History for mashie
mashie
"five iron," 1881, from Scottish, probably from French massue "club," from Vulgar Latin *mattiuca, from Latin mateola "a tool for digging" (see mace (n.1)). Related: Mashie-niblick (1903).
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