mashie

or mash·y

[mash-ee]

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noun Golf.

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

1880–85; perhaps < French massue club < Vulgar Latin *matteūca, derivative of *matte(a) mace¹

Also called number five iron.

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Related Words for mashie

wedge, putter, driver, spoon, wood, stick, iron, midiron, niblick, mashie, brassie, cleek

Examples from the Web for mashie

Historical Examples of mashie

If it had been a mashie I might have faced them, but a brassie-spoon out of a lie like that—no.
Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914
Various
I gave him a drink, a cigarette, and Mistakes with the Mashie.
Happy Days
Alan Alexander Milne
Haven't you noticed he's been using a mashie—the same mashie every time?
In Brief Authority
F. Anstey
I seldom use a mashie until I am within eighty yards of the hole.
The Complete Golfer [1905]
Harry Vardon
Much better, I say, is a flick with the iron than a thump with the mashie.
The Complete Golfer [1905]
Harry Vardon

British Dictionary definitions for mashie

mashie

mashy

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

"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).