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fair-lead|ˈfɛəliːd|
a. (See quot. 1860).
b. = fair-leader.
c. transf.
a.c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 21 What do you mean by a fair lead? In reeving a rope, to be very careful to have it so led through the block or sheave aloft, that it does not cut or chafe any of the rigging, or cross any other ropes. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Fair-lead.
b.1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xv. 290 Of late..fair-leads or dead-eyes of malleable cast-iron have been employed.
c.1937Times 13 Apr. xvi/2 Roller fairleads at the rear end of the vehicle allow the cable to be used immediately to the rear or at any angle to the side. 1957N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 45 Fairlead, a device of 3 or 4 rollers in the form of a U through which a cable can be carried out or reeled in from any direction for hauling logs.
Similarly fair-leader (see quot. 1841). fair-leading vbl. n., attrib. in fair-leading block, a block that acts as a fair-leader.
1841R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 104 Fair-leader a strip of board or plank, with holes in it, for running rigging, to lead through. Also, a block or thimble used for the same purpose. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 59 The falls being led..through fair-leaders in ship's side. Ibid. 55 A fair-leading block stropped to it. |