fairway Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
  2. noun the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
  3. noun a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement

WordNet


Fair"way` noun
Definitions
  1. The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels. Totten. [2]. That part of a golf course between the tee and the green which is of closely mowed grass, as contrasted to the rough.

Webster 1913