backburn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
backburn (plural backburns)
- A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
backburn (third-person singular simple present backburns, present participle backburning, simple past and past participle backburned)
- To light a fire for this reason.