"fairlead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fairleads [plural]
Etymology: From fair + lead. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fair|lead#Etymology 2}} fair + lead Head templates: {{en-noun}} fairlead (plural fairleads)
  1. (nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally. Translations (device to guide a line): klyysi (Finnish), ohjausaukko (Finnish), ohjausputki (Finnish), filoir (French), fil conducteur (French), מוֹבִיל חֶבֶל (movil khevel) [masculine] (Hebrew), passacavo [masculine] (Italian), зе́валица [Cyrillic, Ekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), зије́валица [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zévalica [Ekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zijévalica [Ijekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gatera [feminine] (Spanish)

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