noun
Meaning 1
A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
fairing
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General-American: /ˈfɛɹɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛəɹɪŋ/
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homophone: faring
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rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
noun
Meaning 2
A present, especially given by a lover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that is deserved; one's deserts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland, archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.
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noun
Meaning 5
A covering on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that streamlines it (i.e., produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of fair
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From fair (“community gathering, market”). In the sense of food, because cakes and sweets were sold at fairs.
From fair (“to smoothen or even a surface”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обтекател (obtekatel) — aircraft fairing
- French: carénage — aircraft fairing
- French: fuselage — aircraft fairing
- German: Verkleidung — aircraft fairing
- German: Schürze — aircraft fairing
- Italian: carenatura — aircraft fairing
- Polish: owiewka — aircraft fairing
- Russian: обтека́тель (obtekátelʹ) — aircraft fairing
- Spanish: carenado — aircraft fairing
- Spanish: carena — aircraft fairing
- Turkish: kaplama — aircraft fairing
- Spanish: carenadura — act of adding fairings to a vehicle
- Spanish: carenaje — act of adding fairings to a vehicle