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ˈfairway
Also 9 fare-way.
[See fair a. 16; the interpretation suggested by the spelling fareway (cf. fare v.) appears to be erroneous.]
a. A navigable channel in a river or between rocks, sandbanks, etc.; the usual course or passage of a vessel on the sea or in entering and leaving a harbour.
1584in Binnell Descr. Thames (1758) 62 That the fair Way be kept as deep and large as heretofore. 1675Lond. Gaz. No. 1006/4 The fair way going into Plymouth Sound. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Débacleur, an officer whose duty it is..to keep the passage, or fair-way, open. 1858Adm. Reg. in Merc. Marine Mag. V. 103 Sea-going vessels..at anchor in roadsteads or fairways. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 523 Clear water fareways, by which the fishermen wend a speedy course from point to point. 1893Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 5/7 She was in the fairway of all steamers crossing to and from New York.
attrib.1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket-bk. v. (ed. 2) 137 Fairway buoys are plainly marked.
b. Golf. That part of a golf-course between a tee and putting-green which consists of short grass.
1910B. Darwin Golf Courses Brit. Isles i. 18 Hillocks have risen as if by magic in the middle of the fairway. 1923Daily Mail 18 Jan. 9 The maintenance staff..are busy on the fairways and teeing grounds. 1952Golf (‘Know the Game’ series) 24/2 The player must loft the ball out, thus losing considerable distance in relation to an opponent lying on the fairway.
c. transf. and fig.
1927Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 10/5 (Lawn tennis) The court..was soft and yielding near the base-lines, even if true enough in the fairway. 1931H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind (1932) xii. 574 Every member must leave his seat in the chamber and walk in queue through the fairway of one or other of two lobbies, the ‘Ayes’ or the ‘Noes’. 1959Manch. Guardian 12 Aug. 5/7, I had walked..through the forest..following the long fairways used to check fires. |