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Definition of brassie in English: brassie(also brassy) nounPlural brassiesˈbrasiˈbrɑːsiˈbrasē Golf informal A number two wood. Example sentencesExamples - But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
- But the brassie shaft has a wonderful whip to it, like a forsythia branch.
- Then there is the now sadly outmoded term, brassie, what used to be a 2-wood before metal made timber all but obsolete.
- With brassie in hand, I looked into the fog, took a practice swing, set up to the ball, and swung.
- Most of us are hitting with brassies when he, perhaps, uses a No.5 iron.
Origin Late 19th century: so named because the wood was originally shod with brass. Rhymes bassi, Brassey, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, sassy, Tallahassee Definition of brassie in US English: brassie(also brassy) nounˈbrasē Golf informal A number two wood. Example sentencesExamples - With brassie in hand, I looked into the fog, took a practice swing, set up to the ball, and swung.
- But the brassie shaft has a wonderful whip to it, like a forsythia branch.
- But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
- Then there is the now sadly outmoded term, brassie, what used to be a 2-wood before metal made timber all but obsolete.
- Most of us are hitting with brassies when he, perhaps, uses a No.5 iron.
Origin Late 19th century: so named because the wood was originally shod with brass. |