mashie

noun

mash·​ie

ˈmashē,

-aash-,

-aish-,

-shi

plural -s

: an iron golf club with a rather wide blade well laid back used for medium distances and for lofting a ball (as from a close lie or from the rough)

called also number five iron

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from French massue club, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin mattiuca, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin mattia mace

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