driving iron

noun

1. Golf. a club with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives.

Word History and Origins

Origin of driving iron¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Shallow wells made by driving iron tubes with well points into the subsoil water are preferable to dug wells.

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Of course, it was against all the rules of the range—it was outlaw business—but what about driving iron stakes in a hay meadow?

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By some providential chance my second, with the driving iron, found its way into the hole, saving two clear shots.

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Next to the Schenectady putter belonging to Mr. Travis his driving iron is, or should be, the most famous club in all America.

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There was a man who was in want of a shot that would come between the driving iron and the wood, and he could not find one.

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