mashie

/ˈmæʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

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noun

A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.

Dated

"Florence L. Harvey (1916-01), “Chilly Days and Muddy Courses”, in Golfers Magazine, volume 28, number 1, Chicago, page 9: “Do not think that is because I do not value a mashie, on the contrary it is my favorite club and one with which I am far surer than any other, in dry weather.”"

Scottish English, from French massue (“club”)

mashies (plural)

mashie iron mashie niblick mid-mashie spade mashie

five iron

mashy

flashy trashy ashy splashy nashi bashy slashy rashy dashy mashy rashie plashy

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How do you pronounce mashie?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæʃi/.

What does mashie mean?

A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.

Where does mashie come from?

Scottish English, from French massue (“club”)

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