fairway
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹweɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛəweɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ
Noun
fairway (plural fairways)
- (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
- Any tract of land free from obstacles.
- (military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
- (nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping me down; and there lay the Hispaniola right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
- Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.
Translations
(golf) the area between the tee and the green
See also
- draft
- watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)
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Etymology
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Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fair‧way
Noun
fairway m (plural fairways)
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