FAIRLEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fairlead mean? 

• FAIRLEAD (noun)
  The noun FAIRLEAD has 1 sense:

1. a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing

  Familiarity information: FAIRLEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAIRLEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fairlead" is a kind of...):

block; pulley; pulley-block; pulley block (a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fairlead"):

snatch block (a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope)