| 单词 | putty ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasputty ball d. Golf. A type of golf ball made of a softer material than the traditional gutta-percha. Also more fully putty ball. Cf. gutty n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > ball > types of floater1717 gutta1857 feathery1881 gutty1881 putty1881 feather ball1893 repaint1917 1881 R. Forgan Golfer's Handbk. 39 The ‘putty’ being the popular name for the ‘Eclipse’. 1889 W. C. Honeyman in Golfing Ann. II. 74 A ‘putty’ ball going in here will never be seen again. 1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iii. 75 Finally, there is the ball called the ‘Eclipse’, but more commonly known among golfers as the ‘putty’, because it is of softer substance than the gutta-percha ball, and because ‘putty’ rhymes with ‘gutty’. 1900 A. E. T. Watson Young Sportsman 293 Several kinds of composition balls, known generically as ‘putties’ in contradistinction to the ‘gutties’ or gutta-percha balls..have failed to take the place of those made of the raw material. < as lemmas |
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