fairwayn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛːweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfɛrˌweɪ/

Forms: late Middle English faireway, late Middle English farewaye, late Middle English ffarewaye, late Middle English ffarewey, late Middle English ffareweye, late Middle English– fairway, 1500s fayreway, 1800s fareway.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fare n.¹, way n.¹

Etymology: Probably < fare n.¹ + way n.¹, with remodelling of the first element after fair adj. (compare sense 9a at that entry). Compare also Old English færweg road, thoroughfare, showing a parallel formation with first element fær (see fare n.¹). Compare Middle Dutch vārweg road (Dutch vaarweg road for vehicles (obsolete in this sense), navigable waterway), Middle Low German vārwech road (for vehicles), public highway, navigable waterway, German Fahrweg navigable waterway (1366 as verweg, obsolete in this sense), road (for vehicles) (15th cent. as varweg; now rare), Old Icelandic farvegr track, navigable waterway, Old Swedish farvägher road (for vehicles) (Swedish farväg), Danish farvej road, highway (already in early modern Danish).Apparently attested earlier (presumably in sense ‘road, thoroughfare’) in the place name Fareweia , Devon (1086; also Fayrewaye (1294), Farwaye (1297); now Farway); compare also Varewaye (field name), Iwerne Minster, Dorset (1574). With sense 3 compare earlier fair green n.¹

†1. With possessive adjective: one's course or route. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun]

lodeOE

wayOE

gatea1300

tracea1300

raik?c1350

coursec1380

racec1390

line1426

fairwayc1440

tradec1480

voye1541

tract1555

track1565

career?1614

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 394 (MED) He þat folowes my fare..Sall fynde in my fare-waye manye fay leuyde.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1357 (MED) Thurghe þe wacches þey wente..And fyndez in theire farewaye wondyrlyche many.

2. A navigable channel between rocks, sandbanks, etc., in a river or other body of water; a course or path regularly followed by vessels on the sea or in entering and leaving a harbour. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route

seawaya1000

fairwayc1474

navigationa1544

trade way1589

roadwaya1608

ocean lane1864

sea-lane1878

sea-road1893

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > in a river

fairwayc1474

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route > for entering or leaving harbour

fairway1584

c1474 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 115 Le ffarewaye obstruitur cum risis.

?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 15 The Langas and the estbrigge lye south and by west, northest and by Est till ye come into your fairway.

1557 R. Proude Rutter of Northe in R. Copland tr. P. Garcie Rutter of See (new ed.) sig. Evii^v It flowes on the heade Lande of holdernes northest and quarter tyde in the fayre way and at the heade Lande quarter tyde & halfe quarter.

1584 Order Sept. in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 62 That the fair Way be kept as deep and large as heretofore.

1675 London Gaz. No. 1006/4 The fair way going into Plymouth Sound.

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 60 Anchoring all about this Part of the Streights, in the fair way from Cape Virgin-Mary, till you come into the Narrow.

1752 J. Robson Acct. Six Years Resid. Hudson's-Bay App. iii. 74 Steered S. E. by E. three miles, crossing the Fair-way into Hayes's-river.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms sig. E3 Débacleur, an officer whose duty it is..to keep the passage, or fair-way, open.

1858 New Admiralty Regulations respecting Lights & Fog Signals p. x Sea-going vessels..at anchor in roadsteads or fairways.

1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 523 Clear water fareways, by which the fishermen wend a speedy course from point to point.

1913 Austral. Mining Standard 13 Nov. 412/2 The Advisory Board proposed to place the two main piers in the Harbour fairway.

1914 E. A. Parry Law & Poor vi. 123 A working-class man..is struggling out of the back-waters of debt into the fairway of solvency.

1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 125 Out in the deep fairway of the Lamma Channel the big ships were still crawling inbound and outbound.

3. Golf. A stretch of short mown grass on a golf course between the tee and the putting green of a particular hole. Also figurative.The fairway borders the rough and other hazards and is the preferred route to the hole, offering the best lie.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun] > fairway

fair green1744

fairway1898

pretty1907

1898 G. Smith World of Golf vii. 98 For the clearing and making of the fairway of a new course there is nothing so good as playing on it.

1906 Outing Aug. 624/1 Pot-bunkers..could be introduced..on the first, second, and ninth fairways.

1917 Harvester World Nov. 25/2 It is just as difficult we know for the young man to keep on the fairway of life as it is for the golfer to keep on the fairway of the links.

1952 Golf ('Know the Game' Ser.) 24/2 The player must loft the ball out, thus losing considerable distance in relation to an opponent lying on the fairway.

2007 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. June 74/1 He sprayed the ball all over the place, hitting just two fairways all afternoon.

4. A passageway, gangway, or thoroughfare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]

patheOE

gangOE

gangwayOE

passagec1300

wenta1325

goingc1350

transit1440

way-wenta1450

accessa1460

traduct1535

conveyance1542

ancoming1589

passado1599

avenue1600

passageway?1606

pass1608

way-ganga1628

approach1633

duct1670

waygate?c1690

way-goa1694

vent1715

archway1802

passway1825

approach road1833

fairway1903

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun]

alley1363

tresance1428

passagea1525

gallery1541

trance1545

through-passage1575

lobby1596

passageway?1606

conduit1624

gangway1702

vista1708

glidec1710

aisle1734

gallery1756

corridor1814

traverse1822

heck1825

rotunda1847

scutchell1847

zaguan1851

aisleway1868

pend1893

dogtrot1901

fairway1903

dog run1904

dog walk1938

walkout1947

coulisse1949

1903 Votes & Proc. House of Assembly S. Austral. Parl. (2nd Sess., 17th Parl.) 133 Will they consider the advisability of removing the stone pillars in the fairway of passengers?

1911 S. R. Crockett Smugglers xix. 127 On the other [side of the hall] was a stand for the bicycle..which partially stopped the fairway.

1931 H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness Mankind (1932) xii. 574 Every member must leave his seat in the chamber and walk in queue through the fairway of one or other of two lobbies, the ‘Ayes’ or the ‘Noes’.

1959 Manch. Guardian 12 Aug. 5/7 I had walked..through the forest..following the long fairways used to check fires.

2011 P. Kupperbrg Wonder Woman: Dr. Psycho's Circus of Crime i. 4 Etta..and Diana crossed the crowded fairway of the Bartleby Brothers Circus.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1. In sense 2, as fairway buoy, fairway light, etc.

ΚΠ

1794 Oriental Navigator 308 The Fair way Buoy should be in the latitude 21° 25'.

1852 H. Gribble Why not render Red & Indian Seas Secure? 20 This bank..requires a fairway light.

1859 G. H. Hills Navigation Irish Sea iii. 29 The Crosby Lightship..forms the fairway guide to and from the river.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 109 Fairway buoys are plainly marked.

1910 J. Masefield Martin Hyde xi. 141 We were standing out to sea, beyond the last of the fairway lights.

1993 S. D. Cameron Sniffing Coast: Acadian Voy. 44 Outside Pictou is a black and white fairway buoy.

C2. In sense 3, as fairway bunker, fairway shot, etc.

ΚΠ

1922 Golfers Mag. Nov. 13/2 Play this little shot with tremendous force, even as great as that for the drop lie in a fairway bunker.

1958 Anniston (Alabama) Star 20 Apr. 16/1 A new fairway mower was purchased last summer.

1988 J. Franzen Twenty-seventh City iv. 69 RC hit a blistering fairway wood over the second hill and out of sight.

2010 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 28 Mar. (Sport section) 18 Alex..had trouble off the tee but hit the most colossal fairway shots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fairway
释义	fairwayn. Brit. /ˈfɛːweɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɛrˌweɪ/ Forms: late Middle English faireway, late Middle English farewaye, late Middle English ffarewaye, late Middle English ffarewey, late Middle English ffareweye, late Middle English– fairway, 1500s fayreway, 1800s fareway. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fare n.¹, way n.¹ Etymology: Probably < fare n.¹ + way n.¹, with remodelling of the first element after fair adj. (compare sense 9a at that entry). Compare also Old English færweg road, thoroughfare, showing a parallel formation with first element fær (see fare n.¹). Compare Middle Dutch vārweg road (Dutch vaarweg road for vehicles (obsolete in this sense), navigable waterway), Middle Low German vārwech road (for vehicles), public highway, navigable waterway, German Fahrweg navigable waterway (1366 as verweg, obsolete in this sense), road (for vehicles) (15th cent. as varweg; now rare), Old Icelandic farvegr track, navigable waterway, Old Swedish farvägher road (for vehicles) (Swedish farväg), Danish farvej road, highway (already in early modern Danish).Apparently attested earlier (presumably in sense ‘road, thoroughfare’) in the place name Fareweia , Devon (1086; also Fayrewaye (1294), Farwaye (1297); now Farway); compare also Varewaye (field name), Iwerne Minster, Dorset (1574). With sense 3 compare earlier fair green n.¹ †1. With possessive adjective: one's course or route. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] lodeOE wayOE gatea1300 tracea1300 raik?c1350 coursec1380 coursec1380 racec1390 line1426 fairwayc1440 tradec1480 voye1541 tract1555 track1565 career?1614 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 394 (MED) He þat folowes my fare..Sall fynde in my fare-waye manye fay leuyde. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1357 (MED) Thurghe þe wacches þey wente..And fyndez in theire farewaye wondyrlyche many. 2. A navigable channel between rocks, sandbanks, etc., in a river or other body of water; a course or path regularly followed by vessels on the sea or in entering and leaving a harbour. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route seawaya1000 fairwayc1474 navigationa1544 trade way1589 roadwaya1608 ocean lane1864 sea-lane1878 sea-road1893 the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > in a river fairwayc1474 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > sailing route > for entering or leaving harbour fairway1584 c1474 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 115 Le ffarewaye obstruitur cum risis. ?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 15 The Langas and the estbrigge lye south and by west, northest and by Est till ye come into your fairway. 1557 R. Proude Rutter of Northe in R. Copland tr. P. Garcie Rutter of See (new ed.) sig. Evii^v It flowes on the heade Lande of holdernes northest and quarter tyde in the fayre way and at the heade Lande quarter tyde & halfe quarter. 1584 Order Sept. in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 62 That the fair Way be kept as deep and large as heretofore. 1675 London Gaz. No. 1006/4 The fair way going into Plymouth Sound. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 60 Anchoring all about this Part of the Streights, in the fair way from Cape Virgin-Mary, till you come into the Narrow. 1752 J. Robson Acct. Six Years Resid. Hudson's-Bay App. iii. 74 Steered S. E. by E. three miles, crossing the Fair-way into Hayes's-river. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms sig. E3 Débacleur, an officer whose duty it is..to keep the passage, or fair-way, open. 1858 New Admiralty Regulations respecting Lights & Fog Signals p. x Sea-going vessels..at anchor in roadsteads or fairways. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 523 Clear water fareways, by which the fishermen wend a speedy course from point to point. 1913 Austral. Mining Standard 13 Nov. 412/2 The Advisory Board proposed to place the two main piers in the Harbour fairway. 1914 E. A. Parry Law & Poor vi. 123 A working-class man..is struggling out of the back-waters of debt into the fairway of solvency. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) 125 Out in the deep fairway of the Lamma Channel the big ships were still crawling inbound and outbound. 3. Golf. A stretch of short mown grass on a golf course between the tee and the putting green of a particular hole. Also figurative.The fairway borders the rough and other hazards and is the preferred route to the hole, offering the best lie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > golf course > [noun] > fairway fair green1744 fairway1898 pretty1907 1898 G. Smith World of Golf vii. 98 For the clearing and making of the fairway of a new course there is nothing so good as playing on it. 1906 Outing Aug. 624/1 Pot-bunkers..could be introduced..on the first, second, and ninth fairways. 1917 Harvester World Nov. 25/2 It is just as difficult we know for the young man to keep on the fairway of life as it is for the golfer to keep on the fairway of the links. 1952 Golf ('Know the Game' Ser.) 24/2 The player must loft the ball out, thus losing considerable distance in relation to an opponent lying on the fairway. 2007 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. June 74/1 He sprayed the ball all over the place, hitting just two fairways all afternoon. 4. A passageway, gangway, or thoroughfare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] patheOE gangOE gangwayOE passagec1300 wenta1325 goingc1350 transit1440 way-wenta1450 accessa1460 traduct1535 conveyance1542 ancoming1589 passado1599 avenue1600 passageway?1606 pass1608 way-ganga1628 approach1633 duct1670 waygate?c1690 way-goa1694 vent1715 archway1802 passway1825 approach road1833 fairway1903 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun] alley1363 tresance1428 passagea1525 gallery1541 trance1545 through-passage1575 lobby1596 passageway?1606 conduit1624 gangway1702 vista1708 glidec1710 aisle1734 gallery1756 corridor1814 traverse1822 heck1825 rotunda1847 scutchell1847 zaguan1851 aisleway1868 pend1893 dogtrot1901 fairway1903 dog run1904 dog walk1938 walkout1947 coulisse1949 1903 Votes & Proc. House of Assembly S. Austral. Parl. (2nd Sess., 17th Parl.) 133 Will they consider the advisability of removing the stone pillars in the fairway of passengers? 1911 S. R. Crockett Smugglers xix. 127 On the other [side of the hall] was a stand for the bicycle..which partially stopped the fairway. 1931 H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness Mankind (1932) xii. 574 Every member must leave his seat in the chamber and walk in queue through the fairway of one or other of two lobbies, the ‘Ayes’ or the ‘Noes’. 1959 Manch. Guardian 12 Aug. 5/7 I had walked..through the forest..following the long fairways used to check fires. 2011 P. Kupperbrg Wonder Woman: Dr. Psycho's Circus of Crime i. 4 Etta..and Diana crossed the crowded fairway of the Bartleby Brothers Circus. Compounds General attributive. C1. In sense 2, as fairway buoy, fairway light, etc. ΚΠ 1794 Oriental Navigator 308 The Fair way Buoy should be in the latitude 21° 25'. 1852 H. Gribble Why not render Red & Indian Seas Secure? 20 This bank..requires a fairway light. 1859 G. H. Hills Navigation Irish Sea iii. 29 The Crosby Lightship..forms the fairway guide to and from the river. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 109 Fairway buoys are plainly marked. 1910 J. Masefield Martin Hyde xi. 141 We were standing out to sea, beyond the last of the fairway lights. 1993 S. D. Cameron Sniffing Coast: Acadian Voy. 44 Outside Pictou is a black and white fairway buoy. C2. In sense 3, as fairway bunker, fairway shot, etc. ΚΠ 1922 Golfers Mag. Nov. 13/2 Play this little shot with tremendous force, even as great as that for the drop lie in a fairway bunker. 1958 Anniston (Alabama) Star 20 Apr. 16/1 A new fairway mower was purchased last summer. 1988 J. Franzen Twenty-seventh City iv. 69 RC hit a blistering fairway wood over the second hill and out of sight. 2010 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 28 Mar. (Sport section) 18 Alex..had trouble off the tee but hit the most colossal fairway shots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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