TEE

noun the mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

2. tee ·add. ·vt to place (the ball) on a tee.

3. tee ·noun the nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.

4. tee ·add. ·noun the letter t, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter t.

5. tee ·noun a short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line;

— so called because it resembles the letter t in shape.