[
UK
/fˈaɪəɡɑːd/
]
NOUN
- a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
- a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
How To Use fireguard In A Sentence
- If you have a fireplace, get a proper fireguard to put in front of it - those of you with children already crawling will know how fast they can move.
- It was hard in wet weather to get them dry, too, but somehow or other they did, on the fireguard, over the airer, or even in the oven!
- To expand the fireguard, a 2 km wide stretch of forest was burned south into Kootenay National Park.
- Use a fireguard if you have children, and fit smoke alarms in case a spark goes astray.
- Other shots revealed the futile efforts of firefighters as they built fireguards or dropped plane-loads of water and fire retardant on a natural force out of control.
- A Sunday joint, a fireguard and a top hat were among the 10,000 articles which passengers lost after journeys during the previous 12 months.
- A fireguard prevents children getting near the fire.
- The fender and fireguard would then be replaced and the fire lit.
- Over the past few years I cut a fireguard 200 ft. wide around the place but that is little comfort in a strong wind.
- It's a long time since I boiled up a batch of handkerchiefs to be dried on the fireguard and ironed neatly.
