Fairway

Quick meaning: Fairway is a noun meaning (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

Meaning

(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

More Meanings

1. Any tract of land free from obstacles.
2. (nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
3. (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)

Example Sentences

Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.

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.

This gives clearance for shipping of 95 ft. between high water and the underneath side of the roadway when raised. A clear fairway of 95 ft. width also is provided.

Word Forms

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