| 释义 |
mashie-niblick Golf.
[f. mashie, mashy + niblick.]
An iron club combining the features of the mashie and the niblick, now called the number 7 iron.
1907W. M. Butler Golfer's Manual 5 The marriage of different pairs of clubs has produced such implements as mashie-niblicks and putting-cleeks. 1912H. Vardon How to play Golf vii. 146 Nowadays tools called mashie-niblicks are popular. 1929Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking vi. 196 How bitterly he regretted now those raking drives, those crisp flicks of the mashie-niblick of which he had been so proud ten minutes ago. 1931Times 28 Feb. 4/6 A little bullet-headed mashie niblick..was also highly efficient. 1964J. Stobbs A.B.C. of Golf 61 Out have gone..the tried and proved regular favourites... Among these..the mashie niblick, a large round-shaped-faced lofted mashie (modern equivalent the 7-iron). 1972T. Scott Club Golfers' Handbk. 127 Mashie-niblick, another name which has been replaced by a number. |