English
fairing
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈfɛɹɪŋ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈfɛəɹɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of fair#English|fair
Noun

fairing (plural fairings)

  1. A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag
  2. (rare) A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.
  3. (Scotland, England, obsolete) Something edible; fare.
    • 1791, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter (poem), New York: K. Tompkins, 1874,
      Ah, Tam! ah, Tam! thoul’ll get thy fairin’!
      In hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’!
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 2,
      […] the ground […] was already being occupied by the “cheap Jacks,” with their green-covered carts and marvellous assortment of wares; and the booths of more legitimate small traders, with their tempting arrays of fairings and eatables; and penny peep-shows and other shows, containing pink-eyed ladies, and dwarfs, and boa-constrictors, and wild Indians.
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