brassy

Multiple Entries:
  brassy    brassie  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brassy1

▶adjective (brassier, brassiest)

• 1 resembling brass in colour.

• 2 sounding harsh or loud like a brass instrument.

• 3 tastelessly showy or loud.

– derivatives
brassily adverb,
brassiness noun.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brassy2

▶noun variant spelling of brassie.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brassie /ˈbrasi, ˈbrɑːsi/ (also brassy)

▶noun (pl. brassies) Golf, informal a number two wood.

– origin C19: so named because the wood was orig. shod with brass.