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Definition of Fairlead
1. Noun. A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing.
Definition of Fairlead
1. Noun. (nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fairlead
1. a device used to hold a ship's rigging in place [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairlead
Literary usage of Fairlead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technical Notes Prepared for the United States Army School of Military by School of Military Aeronautics (1918)
"The fairlead serves as a runway for the aerial wire, makes the electrical connection
between the j aerial and the transmitter, and also insulates the aerial ..."
2. Radio Engineering Principles by Henri Lauer, Harry Leonard Brown (1919)
"The antenna wire is led out of the airplane through a tube called the "fairlead"
which is mounted in the floor or wall of the fuselage. ..."
3. The Eyes of the Army and Navy by Albert H. Munday (1917)
"There are two methods of operation of single-acting ailerons : by wires leading
from the under side of the aileron through a fairlead on the rear spar of ..."
4. United States Army Aircraft Production Facts by George Webber Mixter, Harold Hunter Emmons (1919)
"The " fairlead " for conducting the antenna through the floor of the fuselage
... The function of a fairlead is to permit the antenna wire to pass through ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"through the fairlead. "Call it? Oh, I should call it rather a lark. Now your
boat's all right, Captain. When will you come to lunch ? ..."
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