fairway

English

fair +‎ way

fairway (plural fairways)

(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
Any tract of land free from obstacles.
(military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
(nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
  By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping me down; and there lay the Hispaniola right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
  Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.

(golf) the area between the tee and the green

any tract of land free from obstacles

(military) a channel in a river

(nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour

Borrowed from English fairway.

fairway m (plural fairways)

(golf) fairway: the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short