Fairing

Definitions

1. A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair.
   archaic
2. 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).
3. A present, especially given by a lover.
   archaic
4. Something that is deserved; one's deserts.
   Ireland, Scotland, archaic
5. A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.

Equivalents

Examples

“She told me she was on her way to the fair in Bolzano and assumed I was going there too. Should we meet⟳ there, I must buy⟳ her a fairing [translating Jahrmarkt].”

“[…] 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.”

“The fairing over the driving motion of this engine, and of the 4-6-2s, was removed subsequently, to give⟳ greater accessibility to the working parts.”

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