英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈfɛɹweɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɛəweɪ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈfeːwæɪ/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA: /ˈfeəwæɪ/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /ˈfiəwæɪ/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈfeɹwe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)weː/
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ

名詞

fairway (plural fairways)

1. (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
2. Any tract of land free from obstacles.
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)
4. (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.

   • 1960 June, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388:

     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.

派生語

参考

• draft
• watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)