noun Date: circa 1841 a block, ring, or strip of plank with holes that serves as a guide for the running rigging or any ship's rope and keeps it from chafing, a course of running ship's rope that avoids all chafing
FAIRLEAD
Meaning of FAIRLEAD in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012