mashie noun. ['maʃi] L19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from French massue club.]
Golf (now chiefly Hist.). An iron-headed club used for lofting or for medium distances.
attrib.:
■ A. Blond We work in rooms not a mashie shot from Gray's Inn.

Comb.:
mashie-niblick a club combining the features of mashie and niblick, now called a number 7 iron.

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