A fitting or device used to preserve or to change the direction of a rope, chain, or wire so that it will be delivered fairly or on a straight lead to a sheave or drum without the introduction of extensive friction. Fairleaders, or fairleads, are fixtures as distinguished from temporary block rigs.
Isixokomezelo okanye isixhobo esisetyenziselwa ukukhusela okanye ukutshintsha ulawulo lwentsontela, ityathanga okanye ucingo ukuze sibe nokuthunyelwa ngokufanelekileyo okanye ngokwesikhokelo esingqalileyo kwi-"sheave" okanye kumgqomo kungadange kwabe kwenziwa ungquzulwano olumandla. Ezi zixokomezelo ziyimimiselo eyahlulwe kwizixhaso zamaplanga.