1. a golf club with an iron head having moderate loft, formerly equivalent to a 5-iron
Usage: golf; archaic

Examples

• The golfer selected his mashie for the approach shot to the green.
• In the early 1900s, a mashie was an essential club in every golfer’s bag.
• He practiced his swing with the old mashie he found in his grandfather’s golf set.
• The mashie was replaced by numbered irons in modern golf equipment.
• She used a mashie to chip the ball onto the putting surface.