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FAIRLEAD
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I. (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)
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