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fireguard

[ fahyuhr-gahrd ]

noun

  1. a person trained in fire prevention and safety:

    We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.

  2. a protective framework of wire in front of a fireplace; a fire screen.
  3. a strip of cleared land made to check the spread of a forest or prairie fire; a firebreak.


fireguard

/ 藞蹿补瑟蓹藢伞蓱藧诲 /

noun

  1. Also calledfire screen a metal panel or meshed frame put before an open fire to protect against falling logs, sparks, etc
  2. a less common word for firebreak
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fireguard1

An Americanism dating back to 1825鈥35; fire + guard
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The statement said recent rainy weather has helped tamp down the blaze and reduce its intensity, allowing those fighting it to bring it under control and erect fireguards at its northern edge.

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Secondly, under Ange Postecoglou their defence has resembled a chocolate fireguard at times and so the chances of them limiting Manchester City enough so they can obtain a positive result feel very slim.

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The super-happy yellow kitchen was brought in from the company鈥檚 regular suppliers in Italy, and the perforated fireguards which sit above the fireplaces as design pieces when not in use are also his designs.

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The military urban cohorts under the city prefect, and the fireguard, the "vigiles" under the fire prefect, had the power to enter premises and check all was in order.

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"The wind conditions have changed, moving from the northwest, so the wildfire is moving towards some oil and gas infrastructure," Long said, adding firefighters had worked through the night putting in a series of fireguards.

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