mashie, n.
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈmaʃi/, U.S. /ˈmæʃi/
Forms: 18– mashie, 18– mashy.
Etymology:Probably < mash n.2 + -y suffix6; compare baffy n. and brassy n.1
Derivation from French massue club (see masuel n.) seems less likely and is now usually rejected.
Golf. Now somewhat arch.
An iron-headed club used for lofting or for medium distances; a number 5 iron.
1881 R. Forgan Golfer's Handbk. ii. 15 The ‘Mashy’ is used for the same purposes as the Niblick proper, and only differs from it in its sole and face being straight instead of rounded.
1891 Daily News 23 May 5/2 All the forms of the golfing iron, from the driver to the cleek and mashie.
1926 Daily Colonist(Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 July 12/1 McClintock tried a nice mashie shot which frightened a little baa-lamb, which ran under the dropping ball.
1961 J. Stobbs Tackle Golf 31 Take a mashie, that is (in vulgar modern terminology) a 5-iron.
1988 J. Cartwright Interior viii. 92 Squatters..were picking flying ants off the pock-marked fairway where once mashies and niblicks had swished.
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