单词 | to lay a stymie |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay a stymie An opponent's ball which lies on the putting green in a line between the ball of the player and the hole he is playing for, if the distance between the balls is not less than six inches; also, the occurrence of this; often in the phrase to lay a stymie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > lie of ball stymie1834 lie1857 cuppy lie1882 1834 Rules of Musselburgh Golf Club in C. B. Clapcott Rules of Golf (1935) 66 With regard to Stimies the ball nearest the hole if within six inches shall be lifted. 1857 H. B. Farnie in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 173 Wooden putters are used to play stimies when the intercepting ball is at some distance from that of the player. A curving-in motion is imparted to the ball, causing it to pass the stimy. 1862 R. Chambers Few Rambling Remarks Golf 17 The iron is..used for lofting what are called steimies. A steimy occurs when your opponent's ball lies so directly in a line between the hole and your own ball that you cannot hole by putting. The only resource..is to take the iron and ‘loft’ your ball over the steimy and into the hole. It is not considered quite fair to play intentionally so as to lay a steimy. 1894 Times 28 Apr. 13/3 Mr. Ball left his opponent a stimie and Mr. Laidlay in trying to hole out sent his opponent's ball in. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 9/3 His partner laid him a stimie. < as lemmas |
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