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brass·ie also brass·y ( P ) Pronunciation Key (brs) n. pl. brass·ies

   A golf club with a brass-plated sole and a wooden head, used for long low shots; a two wood.

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brassie

Brassy \Brass"y\, n. [Written also brassie and brassey.] (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.

mashie niblick n.

   A seven iron used in golf.

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mashie niblick

n : iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green [syn: seven iron]

mash·ie ( P ) Pronunciation Key (msh) n.

   A five iron used in golf.

[Perhaps from French massue, club, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *matteca, from *mattea, mace. See mace1.]

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mashie

\Mash"ie\, Mashy \Mash"y\, n.; pl. Mashies. [Etym. uncert.] A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

mashie

n : middle-distance iron [syn: five iron]

rn) n.

  1. An iron golf club for middle-distance shots, especially a four, five, or six iron.
  2. An iron golf club that has more loft than a driver and less than a three iron, used for longer fairway shots and long approach shots; a two iron.

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midiron

n : long iron with a nearly vertical face [syn: two iron]

1 entry found for driving iron.

driving iron

n : (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face [syn: one iron]