mashie
noun
mash·ie
ˈmashē,
-aash-,
-aish-,
-shi
plural -s
: an iron golf club with a rather wide blade well laid back used for medium distances and for lofting a ball (as from a close lie or from the rough)
called also number five iron
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from French massue club, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin mattiuca, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin mattia mace