fairway (plural fairways)

1. (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
2. Any tract of land free from obstacles.
3. (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)
4. (nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
   • 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 1042815524 ↗, part I:

     Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.

• French: parcours libre entre tee et green

• Russian: фарва́тер
• Spanish: canalizo