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Definition of Fairleader
1. n. A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.
Definition of Fairleader
1. Noun. (nautical) A fitting used to guide a line, cable or sheet with minimal friction. Used for anchor lines, and for rigging on sailing ships. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fairleader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairleader
Literary usage of Fairleader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1875)
"The sheet of the sail (s) passes from the sail under the fairleader bars (FF) to
the barrel (B), round which it takes a quarter of a turn; ..."
2. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1851)
"When wanted for use, the frame was put together and secured to the deck ; the
reel hoisted op from below and shipped in its place ; a fairleader was secured ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1851)
"When wanted for use, the frame was put together and secured to the deck; the reel
hoisted up from below and shipped in its place; a fairleader was secured ..."
4. Navies of the World: Giving Concise Descriptions of the Plans, Armament and by Edward Wilson Very (1880)
"... is rove through the fairleader and hooked to the primer, come forward of the
forward edge. A small spring is attached to the closing-stop of the handle, ..."
5. Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts by M[atthew] F[ontaine] Maury (1851)
"The wire was led aft, from the reel, over the pulley which traversed freely in
the fairleader, and passed between these fenders into the water. ..."
6. A Military and Naval Dictionary by John Philip Wisser, henry Colford Gauss (1905)
"fairleader. A wooden ring or thimble, through which running rigging is rove in
order to secure the desired direction of the rope and keep it from fouling. ..."
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