'Dormy' definitions:
Definition of 'dormy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match" [syn: dormie, dormy]
Definition of 'Dormy'
From: GCIDE
- Dormy \Dor"my\, a. [Origin uncertain.] (Golf) Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side.
- Note: A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]