niblick
IPA: nˈɪbɫɪk
noun
- (golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs.
verb
- (golf, transitive, intransitive) To strike, or take a shot, with a niblick.
Advertisement
Examples of "niblick" in Sentences
- She eventually snaps and lets him have it in the head with her niblick.
- Look at how the golf club has been taken out of the hands of the greatest athlete who ever held a niblick.
- "If the thing was to be done at all," observes the Oldest Member, approvingly, "it was unquestionably a niblick shot."
- So the Minister realized he was bunkered and had to fall back on his niblick -- in other words confess his error to the House.
- For instance, the niblick is a short club for taking the ball out of difficult positions ( "lies") as when the latter gets into long grass, sand or some other awkward kind of obstruction.
- The various rules governing who can and can't hoist their mashie niblick around the famous Old Course – let alone who can sip a reviving Gin and It in the clubhouse – are rather too byzantine for speedy summary and perhaps in any case beyond the understanding of fluffy-headed ladies.
Advertisement
Advertisement