sclaff

sclaff is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.(Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.
  2. 2.A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.
  3. 3.(Golf) The stroke made by one who sclaffs.
  4. 4.A thin, solid substance, esp. a thin shoe or slipper.
  5. 5.To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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