Usually means: Guide for ropes on boats.
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  1. fairlead: Merriam-Webster
  2. fairlead: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fairlead: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fairlead: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fairlead: Vocabulary.com
  6. fairlead: Wiktionary
  7. fairlead: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. fairlead: Dictionary.com
  9. Fairlead: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. fairlead: Rhymezone
  11. fairlead: FreeDictionary.org
  12. fairlead: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. fairlead: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. fairlead: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fairlead: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Fairlead, Fairlead: Latitude Mexico

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▸ noun:  (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

Similar:
lead, lever, line thrower, spring line, leaper, fish tape, viol, leadwork, twiddling line, springing line, more...

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lead, lever, line thrower, spring line, leaper, fish tape, viol, leadwork, twiddling line, springing line, more...



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