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Definition of Sclaff
1. Verb. Strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first. "The fighter managed to sclaff his opponent"
2. Noun. A poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball.
3. Verb. Strike (the ground) in making a sclaff.
Definition of Sclaff
1. v. i. To scuff or shuffle along.
2. v. t. To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.
3. n. A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.
Definition of Sclaff
1. to strike the ground with the club before hitting the ball in golf [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclaff
Literary usage of Sclaff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A slight blow, stroke, as, a sclaff on the lay, ... the side of the head, with
the palm hand, SV sclaff. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"sclaff, adj. To play Sdaff on the grund, to fall down flat, Fife. It seems to
express the sound made ... A blow with the open hand, Fife.; nearly To sclaff, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"sclaff, adj. To play Sdaff a» thé mai, » !C down flat, Fife. ... sclaff,».
A blow with the open hand, Kfe.; иг: synon. with ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"sclaff, s. A blow with the open hand, Fife; 2. Used to express the sound made in
setting down the feet in this manner, ibid. Belg, slof, careless, negligent ..."
5. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff Moncreiff (1892)
"Experience teaches that an honest 'sclaff' has no bad effect except, perhaps,
when the ground is frozen, and the game cannot be properly played at all. ..."
6. Golf for Women by Genevieve Hecker Stout, Rhona K. Adair (1904)
"... that unless it is hit cleanly it will be considerably short, while if an amount
of force is put into it sufficient to allow for a sclaff or top, ..."
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