A destructive fire on scrubland or in a forest, especially one that spreads rapidly.
I checked to see whether my two acacias had survived the red steer
Example sentencesExamples
- The red steer hasn't visited the farms in any serious way since Black Saturday in 1938.
- In the last hot days of summer, the red steer came to the bay.
- Fire is the genie of the bush, the red steer jumping the fence and running amok.
- Swagmen are reported to be letting loose the 'red steer' after being refused rations by station owners.
- He'd hoped to patent a special extinguisher to end the blight of the red steer for all time.
- These communities have all learned from their confrontation with the red steer.
- They secured higher rates and better conditions on the cane fields by threatening to let loose the red steer.