long iron

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   an iron with a long shaft and a steep face; for hitting long low shots

   Broaderiron

Questions about long iron

What does long iron mean?

long iron means "an iron with a long shaft and a steep face; for hitting long low shots".

Is long iron a common word?

long iron is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.