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▪ I. sclaff, v. Golf.|sklæf|
[A use of Sc. sclaff ‘to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface’, ‘to walk in a clumsy way without properly lifting the feet, to shuffle along’. Prob. of onomatopœic origin; cf. sclaff n., ‘the noise made by a slight blow’ or ‘in shuffling the feet’ (E.D.D.).]
a. intr. (See quot. 1897.)
b. trans. To scrape (the ground) behind the ball in striking; also, to hit (a ball) after having scraped the ground with the club. Hence sclaffed ppl. a., ˈsclaffing vbl. n.
1893A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Apr. 651 That they might toe or heel the ball And sclaff along like me. 1896W. Park Jr. Game of Golf 269 In baffing a ball the stroke is played with the intention of lofting it high in the air, whereas a sclaffed ball is not necessarily lofted high. 1897Encycl. Sport I. 473/1 (Golf) Sclaff, to scrape the surface of the ground with the sole of the club head before striking the ball. Ibid. 469/2 Sclaffing is also the result of striking the ground behind the ball. 1904Westm. Gaz. 13 May 3/1 An uncertain proportion are shorter, in consequence of sclaffing the ground, than the players had intended.
▪ II. sclaff, n. Golf.|sklæf|
[See sclaff v.]
A stroke in which the club scrapes the ground before hitting the ball. Hence ˈsclaffy a.
1893H. Hutchinson Golfing 82 ‘Tops’, and ‘sclaffs’, and misses. 1896W. Park Game of Golf 91 The sight of bare earth..gives the impression that contact between it and the club-head, which might happen with a sclaffy shot, would inevitably result in damage to the club. 1903W. J. Travis Pract. Golf 20 If..the head is allowed to move, the chances are that a sclaff or a top will result. 1948Dante & Diegel Nine Bad Shots of Golf x. 104 There is one other swing that will produce a sclaff. 1973A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair vii. 84 My drives would be hooks and slices, my irons sclaffy travesties. |