Wiktionary
pitching wedge
n. (context golf English) An iron designed for pitch shots
WordNet
pitching wedge
n. a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles
Wikipedia
Pitching wedge
A pitching wedge is a wedge used to hit a shot with higher and shorter trajectory than a 9-iron and a lower and longer trajectory than a gap wedge.
Usage examples of "pitching wedge".
At the ninth green, Ames used his pitching wedge to lay his ball within a club's length of the hole.
As he passed Janson, he brought his left leg up and unloaded a kick against one of Janson's opponents, the maneuver almost pitching Wedge over the side to the floor two stories down.
With the MP, he's good, but not spectacular, but with that Beretta, he's like Tiger Woods with a pitching wedge.
He took a pitching wedge out of his bag, swung it a couple of times, then set up the shot.