an area, often slightly elevated, from which the first stroke of a hole is made
2.
a support for a golf ball, usually a small wooden or plastic peg, used when teeing off or in long grass, etc
verbWord forms: tees, teeing or teed
3. (whenintr, often foll by up)
to position (the ball) ready for striking, on or as if on a tee
Word origin
C17 teaz, of unknown origin
teeing ground in American English
noun
Golf
the starting place, usually a hard mound of earth, at the beginning of play for each hole; tee
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lineup, reactor, scrum, seminar, toner