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links

nounverbnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//lɪŋks//

A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of linkplural of link

Etymology

See link.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of linkthird-person singular simple present indicative of link

noun

  1. 1

    A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.

    but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access?

    The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.

    All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows.

    The links are the property of the town, the Courses being under the management of a joint committee representing the R. & A. Golf Club and the City.

Etymology

From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”).

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