| 单词 | driving cleek |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdriving cleek driving cleek n. now historical (originally) a cleek (cleek n. 1b) used for longer shots, as opposed to one used for putting (cf. putting cleek n.); (in later use chiefly) a version of a cleek with a less lofted club-face and a longer shaft.In quot. 1998 with reference to Harry Vardon, professional golfer (1870–1907), author of Compl. Golfer (1905). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club play club1685 putting club1690 gentlemen's club1709 putter1783 spoon1790 iron1793 sand-iron1796 whip-club1808 cleek1829 driving putter1833 bunker-iron1857 driver1857 niblick1857 putting iron1857 baffing-spoon1858 mid-spoon1858 short spoon1858 sand-club1873 three-wood1875 long iron1877 driving cleek1881 mashie1881 putting cleek1881 track-iron1883 driving iron1887 lofting-iron1887 baffy1888 brassy1888 bulger1889 lofter1889 lofter1892 jigger1893 driving mashie1894 mid-iron1897 mashie-niblick1907 wood1915 pinsplitter1916 chipper1921 blaster1937 sand-wedge1937 wedge1937 1881 R. Forgan Golfer's Handbk. 12 The ‘Driving Cleek’, or Cleek proper, is ubiquitously useful. 1896 W. Park Game of Golf 28 The plain driving-cleek is just an ordinary cleek, with less loft than usual on the face and a longer shaft. 1998 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 May (Sport section) 73 Vardon wrote that he used 10 clubs... His golfing arsenal included a driving cleek, a light cleek, a mashie, niblick and putter. < as lemmas |
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