fairing means A gift or other souvenir bought at a fair. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
fairing is pronounced /ˈfɛɹɪŋ/.
Etymology
From fair (“community gathering, market”). In the sense of food, because cakes and sweets were sold at fairs.
noun
- 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].”
- A present, especially given by a lover.
- Something that is deserved; one's deserts.
- 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.”
- 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).“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.”