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mashie niblick

noun

, Golf.
  1. a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mashie niblick1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

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.

Besides, the hardy defenders of the Alamo discovered that a mashie niblick came in rather handy for close infighting and drawing lines in the dirt.

Wandering through the trees, you trip on a half-buried relic—a mashie niblick with Bobby Jones' unique inscription stamped on the head!

Truly they are not, and those old traditions had nothing to do with gutties either; but Duncan Forbes would have rejoiced in the possession of a modern driver and mashie niblick.

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