单词 | fire lane |
释义 | > as lemmasfire lane fire lane n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) a strip of land cleared of flammable material, intended to act as a fire break; (also) a permanent road providing firefighters with access to remote areas of forest, grassland, etc.; a fire road; (b) a marked area or lane on a road in which parking is prohibited, so as to allow access by fire and emergency vehicles.With sense (a) cf. note at fire road n. ΚΠ 1891 Amer. Meteorol. Jrnl. May 40 The National Park..was saved from destruction by brush fires only by the prompt remedy of open fire lanes through the woods. 1900 Science 28 Dec. 982/2 His most important suggestion is with regard to the multiplication of fire lanes, which experience has shown to be a successful barrier to ordinary fires. 1922 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 16 Oct. 5/4 Waverley way and adjacent streets were blocked with lines of fire hose.., and street cars were unable to cross the hose that lined the tracks at each end of the fire lane. 1939 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 7 Feb. 8/4 The conservation department had ruled that fire lanes would be closed except to fire fighters. 1971 Alamagordo (New Mexico) Daily News 12 May 5/2 A rope-like explosive device that can blast a fire lane over rough terrain in the face of an approaching forest fire has been developed. 2007 R. Burke Fire Protection Syst. & Response ii. 45 (caption) Fire lane curb has been painted red indicating that no parking is allowed..to protect building access for the fire department apparatus. 2007 J. DuFresne Backpacking in Mich. (2010) 97 The main loop..weaves its way through the gently rolling terrain, forested in hardwoods and pines..before emerging at another fire lane. < as lemmas |
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