Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fairlead

1 sense of fairlead

Sense 1
fairlead -- (a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing)
       => pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, 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)