mashie

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/ˈmæʃi/

noun

A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.

Similar
five iron
OriginFrench massue →
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Meanings

nounmashie (plural mashies)

plural mashies

  1. datedgolfA metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.

    Florence L. Harvey (1916-01), “Chilly Days and Muddy Courses”, in Golfers Magazine, volume 28, number 1, Chicago, page 9: “Do not think that is because I do not value a mashie, on the contrary it is my favorite club and one with which I am far surer than any other, in dry weather.”

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmiddle-distance iron

Similar
five iron
Broader
iron

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchmassue“club”
  2. Englishmashie

Scottish English, from French massue (“club”)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mashie

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Anagrams

Mesiha
Cite this entry
APA

mashie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashie

MLA

“mashie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mashie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashie.

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