1. the mowed areas of a golf course between the tee and the green
Usage: golf
2. navigable channels in a body of water, especially those marked for safe passage of ships
Usage: nautical

Examples

• The golfer hit his drive straight down the fairway.
• She practiced her iron shots to improve her fairway accuracy.
• The rough grass made it difficult to find balls that missed the fairways.
• Ships must stay within the marked fairways to avoid shallow water.
• The harbor pilot guided the vessel through the narrow fairways.
• Maintenance crews mow the fairways twice a week during golf season.