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Definition of Nine iron
1. Noun. An iron with considerable loft.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nine Iron
Literary usage of Nine iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1907)
"If there are nine iron arrows and ten brass ones, the leader, having expended
all the iron arrows in marking the first nine chains, marks the end of the ..."
2. A Treatise on Land-surveying: Comprising the Theory Developed from Five by William Mitchell Gillespie (1869)
"Instead of ten iron pins, use nine iron pins, and four, or eight, ... The follower
then comes up, and returns the nine iron pins, but retains the brass one, ..."
3. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie, Cady Staley (1897)
"The follower then comes up, and returns the nine iron pins, but retains the brass
one, with the additional advantage of having this pin to measure from. ..."
4. Field, Fort and Fleet: Being a Series of Brilliant and Authentic Sketches of by M. Quad (1885)
"Here, then, are the nine iron-clads within the circle of Confederate fire.
They are supposed to be impregnable. They have ordnance warranted to knock a ..."
5. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie, Cady Staley (1896)
"The follower then comes up, and returns the nine iron pins, but retains the brass
one, with the additional advantage of having this pin to measure from. ..."
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