mashie

Old Morris passed on his mashie niblick — an early term for a seven iron — to his equally talented son, Young Tom Morris, who won the British Open four times from 1868 to 1872.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025

Besides, the hardy defenders of the Alamo discovered that a mashie niblick came in rather handy for close infighting and drawing lines in the dirt.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 29, 2016

But forget about carrying the golf clubs unless your collection is limited to a single niblick or mashie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016

And then there are the nicknames for this inner society’s tools: big dog, flat stick, belly putter, cavity back, hosel, kickpoint, camber, off-set, niblick, mashie, brassie, bounce, flange.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2010

Colonel Jimmy studied his lie for some time and went through all the motions, but when the shot came it was a beauty—a mashie pitch which landed his ball five feet from the cup.

From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan

The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 26, 2020

Also performing well were the "patent clubs," all those weird specialty clubs from the turn of the century -- water mashies, rake irons, mammoth-headed niblicks, roller-sole putters and adjustable-head irons.

From Golf Digest ● May 31, 2012

Still, while other golfers with such abominable luck might be smashing their mashies and pulverizing their putters, Norman's confidence remains unshaken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Girl champions appeared played for a few years, then got married and forgot their mashies.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were no need for mashies, The turf would ne'er be torn, Had cigarettes no ashes, And roses ne'er a thorn.

From New Collected Rhymes by Andrew Lang