niblick shot

English

Noun

niblick shot (plural niblick shots)

1. (golf, dated) A shot traversing a short distance that requires the use of a sand wedge, typically taken from a bunker.
   • 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 25:

     The feeling of satisfaction when one hits a good drive is different from that attendant on hitting a good niblick shot; and both are quite different from that attendant on writing a good sentence or doing a good dive.