See Also: Butt Weight - Golf(gambling)
Butt (Shaft Butt) - Golf(gambling)
palanquin(medicine)
Le Palanquin(tourism)
palanquin(dictionary)
Extra Weight (Added Weight) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Apprentice Weight (Bug Weight) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Bug Weight (Apprentice Weight) - Horse Racing(gambling)
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Gambling(law)

Butt Weight - Golf (gambling) and palanquin (medicine)


Butt Weight - Golf (gambling)


The process of adding weight to the butt end of the shaft, either by wrapping it with lead tape or by installing an lead insert into the shaft butt. The “Butt Weight?is also the term given to the weight placed inside the butt of the shaft.

palanquin (medicine)


palanquin


An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, used in India, China, etc, for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.

Alternative forms: palankeen.

Origin: F. Palanquin, Pg. Palanquim, Javan. Palangki, OJavan. Palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. Paryaka, palyaka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. Pref. Peri-) + aka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. Angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.

Source: Websters Dictionary