Firebreak

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  firebreak \firebreak\ n.
     a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a
     prairie fire or forest fire.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  firebreak
       n : a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of
           a prairie fire or forest fire [syn: {fireguard}]