lofting iron

noun

, Golf.

1. a club whose head has a sloped face, for lofting the ball.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lofting iron¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Then occasionally right in the middle of a game a caravan ten or twelve miles long, would begin to drag its interminable length  across the middle of the course, and it takes mighty nice work with the lofting iron to lift a ball over a caravan without hitting a camel or killing an Arab, I can tell you.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the more common ones are called "driver," "brassie," "cleek," "iron," "mashie," "niblick," "putter," and "lofting iron."

From Project Gutenberg

"I think I can take it out," he said, reaching in the bag for a heavy, old-fashioned lofting iron.

From Project Gutenberg