hickories

Noun

hickory (countable and uncountable, plural hickories)

1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
   • [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
     And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump
     And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie...
2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
   • The loggers wore hickory shirts.
4. (countable, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
   • What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117

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