cleek (kl k)n. 1. Sports a. A number one golf iron, having very little loft to the club face. b. A number four wood. 2. Scots A large hook, such as one used to hang a pot over a fire. [Middle English cleike, large hook, from cleken, to grasp, variant of clechen, from Old English *cl  can; probably akin to clyccan, to clutch.] |
cleek, cleik [kliːk]
n
1. Chiefly Scot a large hook, such as one used to land fish
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf a former name for a club, corresponding to the modern No. 1 or No. 2 iron, used for long low shots
[of uncertain origin]
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