Wiktionary
n. (context golf English) A golf club (an iron) with a heavy flange on the bottom, ideal for bunker shots.
WordNet
n. a wedge used to get out of sand traps
Wikipedia
A sand wedge, or sand iron, is a type of golf club, an open-faced wedge primarily designed for use out of sand bunkers. It has the widest sole of any wedge, which provides the greatest amount of bounce, allowing the club head to glide through sand and avoid digging in.
Usage examples of "sand wedge".
Sandecker needed two strokes with his sand wedge to get out of the trap, then two putts before his ball rolled into the cup for a double bogey.
By the time we caught up with him and Bennet had introduced us, Jack was using a sand wedge to smack golf balls at the net he'd set up twenty yards away.
With a crack of a semi-closed fist, Remo sent the back of the skull deeper down Mo the sand, where it could not be removed by a simple blast of a sand wedge.