short iron

noun Golf.

a club, as a pitcher, pitching niblick, or niblick, with a short shaft and an iron head the face of which has great slope, for hitting approach shots.
Compare long iron.

Origin of short iron

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby short iron

short hairs, short haul, short head, short hundredweight, short interest, short iron, short jenny, short leg, short line, short list, short loin