niblick

[nib-lik]

noun

Golf.

1. a club with an iron head, the face of which has the greatest slope of all the irons, for hitting the ball with maximum loft.

niblick

/ ˈnɪblɪk /

noun

1. golf (formerly) a club, a no. 9 iron, giving a great deal of lift

Word History and Origins

Origin of niblick¹

1855–60; perhaps nibble + -ick, variant of -ock

Word History and Origins

Origin of niblick¹

C19: of unknown origin

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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He then had the humiliation of exchanging his putter for his niblick, and, we may assume without being unkind, that was the last seriously competitive round he ever played.

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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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