brassie

or brass·y, brass·ey

[ bras-ee, brah-see ]

noun

, Golf.

1. a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.

brassie

/ ˈbræsɪ; ˈbrɑː- /

noun

1. golf a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft

Word History and Origins

Origin of brassie¹

First recorded in 1885–90; brass + -ie

Example Sentences

And when at the next hole I laid my brassie absolutely dead, he—— But I can tell you about that some other time.

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Shall I select my brassie and tempt twice the gods of chance?

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In a moment of ill-judged enthusiasm, and fired by the thrill of a superlative brassie-shot, he went all out for his third.

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West, left to himself, sighed lazily and fell to digging holes in the turf with his brassie.

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The other obeyed, and succeeded in getting a firm hold of the brassie, but the rest was none so easy.

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