ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Backweight

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Backweight is a noun meaning (golf) A weight attached to the back of a golf club to give it a lower centre of gravity.

Meaning

(golf) A weight attached to the back of a golf club to give it a lower centre of gravity.

Example Sentences

Fashioned with shafts of aged hickory, ash or lemonwood, these early clubs have heads with an insert of ram’s horn or a lead backweight.

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Related dictionary entries include screwback, takeaway, backlift, backswing, backhander, kickback.

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