Meaning of fairway in English:

fairway

Pronunciation /ˈfɛːweɪ/

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noun

1The part of a golf course between a tee and the corresponding green, where the grass is kept short.
‘keep the ball on the fairways’
- ‘a stretch of fairway’
- ‘Pleasure anglers visiting Howsham Hall are asked not to walk across the greens or fairways of the adjacent golf course when they are making their way to the river.’
- ‘Tees, fairways and greens are all bent grass, but three other types of turf are used in the rough, providing terrific color contrasts.’
- ‘Extremely narrow fairways and tiny greens mean the Scotch broom, beach grass and native rhododendron will snag anything off line.’
- ‘With long grass on the fairways and greens uncut, it made hard going for Mimi as she came staggering in with 10 big points.’
- ‘For example, fencing was erected, greens and fairways laid, driving range completed and catering facilities put in place, all supplied on the understanding that payment would be made.’
- ‘Reel-type mowers, which often tow multiple reels, are the type most often used by golf courses for finishing fairways and greens.’
- ‘The manicured greens and fairways of golf courses are not usually considered ideal places for conservation management.’
- ‘New greens, traps, fairways and tees are being installed with plans of re-opening the course later this summer.’
- ‘But the golf holes will be relatively wide with rolling fairways and undulating greens.’
- ‘Sure, a number of trees remain, but the emphasis is back on the bunkering and the dramatic contours of its fairways and greens.’
- ‘National is a traditional American-style parkland layout with native vegetation, rolling fairways and greens.’
- ‘I started well, hitting fairways and greens, and made the turn in 40.’
- ‘If you're playing a links course, then you need to walk the fairways and see where the pin placements are on those large, undulating greens before each round.’
- ‘Still this course is eminently playable and so flat with lush fairways that it is usually a pleasure to walk, today proved no different, wet and soggy but cool and pleasant.’
- ‘The fairways are overrun with ants at the moment and the course is in danger of being renamed Ant Hill, but the rest of the course is a delight to play with some of the nicest tee off areas and greens to be found locally.’
- ‘They lengthened the course by adding some tees and added subtle mounding to the fairways to modernize the course so it wouldn't appear so flat.’
- ‘A big pond flanks the left-hand side of the fairway and an old boat, timbers rotting in the sun, gives the hole the ambience of desolation I mentioned earlier.’
- ‘This course with its wide-open fairways and long total yards tends to be good for the long, straight, hitters.’
- ‘Fledgling groundkeepers will be able to adjust just about every single aspect of a course, including narrowing fairways or deepening the sand traps.’
- ‘Only a fool would back him to win a tournament on a course with tight fairways, but on a wide open track he can beat anybody on his day.’
2A navigable channel in a river or harbour.
‘the removal of pile and swing moorings to ease the congested fairway’
- ‘They refuse to leave fairways or harbor entrances open.’
- ‘In the middle the open water of the fairway is crowded with pinnaces, jolly-boats, cutters, and pleasure steamers.’
- ‘Covered moorage can restrict visibility from one waterway to another. It is therefore critical to keep rafting boats in marina waterways (fairways) to a minimum.’
1. 2.1A regular course or track followed by ships.
  ‘bonfires will be lit along one of the old sea fairways’
  ‘Surveillance of coastal shipping routes to maintain safe fairways is conducted by the Hydrographic and Nautical Authorities.’
  ‘This artificial fairway built at the turn of the nineteenth century exceeds even the Panama Canal in number of ships passing.’