counter-firen.

Etymology: < French contre-feu: see counter- prefix 2b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-fire.

A fire purposely lighted in order to combat a heath or forest fire: cf. backfire n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > fire lit to control bush or forest fire

backfire1839

counter-fire1905

back-burn1944

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 6 Back fire... Counter fire.

1927 Observer 11 Sept. 9/2 There are many men in the local peasantry who well understand the principle of counter-fires.

1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 172/2 Sometimes it is necessary to start a counter fire to check the main fire.

Derivatives

counter-fire v. (intransitive) to use a counter-fire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > use fire to control forest or bush fire

backfire1886

counter-fire1895

1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 554 It may be necessary to counterfire from a road, stream, ride, or fire-trace.

counter-firing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > deliberate burning of vegetation > as means of stopping forest fire

back-burning1878

backfiring1889

counter-firing1930

1930 Forestry 4 88 Counter-firing is the deliberate burning of a strip of forest in the route of the accidental fire which dies out for lack of fuel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	counter-fire
释义	counter-firen. Etymology: < French contre-feu: see counter- prefix 2b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-fire. A fire purposely lighted in order to combat a heath or forest fire: cf. backfire n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > fire lit to control bush or forest fire backfire1839 counter-fire1905 back-burn1944 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 6 Back fire... Counter fire. 1927 Observer 11 Sept. 9/2 There are many men in the local peasantry who well understand the principle of counter-fires. 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 172/2 Sometimes it is necessary to start a counter fire to check the main fire. Derivatives counter-fire v. (intransitive) to use a counter-fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > use fire to control forest or bush fire backfire1886 counter-fire1895 1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. 554 It may be necessary to counterfire from a road, stream, ride, or fire-trace. counter-firing n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > deliberate burning of vegetation > as means of stopping forest fire back-burning1878 backfiring1889 counter-firing1930 1930 Forestry 4 88 Counter-firing is the deliberate burning of a strip of forest in the route of the accidental fire which dies out for lack of fuel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1895
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