Definition of Driving iron

1. Noun. (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face.

Exact synonyms: One Iron
Category relationships: Golf, Golf Game
Generic synonyms: Iron

Definition of Driving iron

1. Noun. (golf) An iron golf club which can be used as a driver. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Driving Iron

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drivetrain
drivetrains
driveway
driveway moment
driveway moments
driveways
drivewheel
drivewheels
drivin'
driving
driving axle
driving belt
driving examiner
driving force
driving iron (current term)
driving irons
driving licence
driving licences
driving license
driving motor
driving rain
driving range
driving ranges
driving school
driving spirit
driving spirits
driving test
driving under the influence
driving van trailer

Literary usage of Driving iron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff Moncreiff (1892)
"The names of the heavy iron, light iron, sand iron, driving iron, and lofting iron, ... A slow-swinging golfer will probably play with a heavy driving iron, ..."

2. Great Golfers: Their Methods at a Glance by George William Beldam, Harold H. Hilton (1904)
"... a peculiar feature, however, is that the swing with the mashie is much more like that with the wooden club, than that with the driving iron. ..."

3. Railway Signal Engineering (mechanical) by Leonard P. Lewis (1912)
"If the travel of the driving iron is so short that one notch never moves sufficiently far to allow of its coming opposite a lock in another channel, ..."

4. Intimate Golf Talks by John Duncan Dunn, Elon Jessup (1920)
"At this point the pupil confessed to a stupen- FlG. 2 A complete set of clubs. Left to right : Driver, brassie, spoon, driving iron, ..."

5. How to Play Golf by Henry James Whigham (1897)
"By a cleek I mean any weapon of the driving iron tribe which you may happen to fancy. It may be a straight- faced driving iron, a driving mashie or a common ..."

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