hickory

Etymology

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.

noun

1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
   1. Carya illinoinensis is the source of pecan nuts.
2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
   The loggers wore hickory shirts.
4. (countable, golf, informal) A club made from this wood.
   What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem. 2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117
   I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […] 2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182