English Dictionary

fairing

/ˈfɛɹɪŋ/

noun

(now archaic) A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair. / (now rare) A present, especially given by a lover. / (Scotland, Ireland, now rare) Something that is deserved; one's deserts.

The fairing on the motorcycle was damaged in the accident.

意味（1）

(now archaic) A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair.

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].

意味（2）

(now rare) A present, especially given by a lover.

意味（3）

(Scotland, Ireland, now rare) Something that is deserved; one's deserts.

意味（4）

A type of small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut.

[…] 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.