First attested in the 17th century asteaz, back-formation from obsoleteScotsteaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.[1]Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on agolf hole.
(sports) A usually wooden or plasticpeg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, inSunday Times[1]:
Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from thekicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
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If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke,tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
The plural forms oftee (other than the nominative) are identical to those of e.g.tie, so for clarity, a more precise synonym for the wordtee may be used instead in these cases.
“tee”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved1 July 2023
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov,Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive.
*) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) theterminative is formed by adding the suffix-ssaa to the shortillative (sg) or thegenitive. ***) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka to thegenitive.