单词 | lofter |
释义 | loftern.1 Golf. A golf club, esp. a number 8 or 9 iron, for lofting the ball. Cf lofting-iron n. at lofting n. Compounds. Now rare. 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 1889 in P. Davies Dict. Golfing Terms (1980) 106/2 It was announced that young Willie Park had at length succeeded in fashioning a lofter that will do all that is desired. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 3/1 A ridge of snow..necessitated in many cases the use of a ‘lofter’ instead of the regulation ‘putter’. 1993 H. Penick If you play Golf you're my Friend 122 His bag had five clubs in it—driver, a midiron, a niblick, a lofter, and a putter. In modern terms this would be like carrying a driver, 2-iron, 5-iron, 9-iron, and putter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2022). loftern.2 A decoy placed in a tree, etc., to attract pigeons. ΚΠ 1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 4 Mar. 21/2 If ever the value of ‘lofters’ was demonstrated this was it. 1984 G. Hammond Sauce for Pigeon i. 15 It's a decoy, a ‘lofter’, put in the tree to complete the realistic pattern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈlofter ˈlofter n. Golf a lofting-iron. 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 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 3/1 A ridge of snow..necessitated in many cases the use of a ‘lofter’ instead of the regulation ‘putter’. < n.11889n.21972 as lemmas |
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