单词 | firestop |
释义 | > as lemmasfirestop firestop n. (a) a low wall at the back of a furnace to prevent fuel from being pushed off the grate; = fire bridge n. (now rare); (b) a device or material designed to stop the spread of fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun] > making fire-proof > obstacle to spread of fire firestop1806 1806 Med. Repository 2nd Hexade 4 224 Improvement called a fire-stop. 1850 R. Armstrong Rudimentary Treat. Steam Boilers iv. 96 The name of ‘stop’, or ‘fire stop’, that is commonly given to this bridge, from the supposition that its only use could be to prevent the stoker from pushing coals over the end of the fire grate. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 472/2 A second fire-stop may be procured by using coarse mortar and chips on top of the bridging all around the building. 1920 Jrnl. Inst. Brewing Feb. 109 The installation of a movable fire-bridge or fire-stop on the grate. 1926 C. E. Mulford Cassidy's Protégé iv. 41 The farms he had dreamed of were now no more than memories, their boundary furrows and fire-stops rank with triumphant bunchgrass. 2014 Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector (Nexis) 25 Mar. There has to be firestops between the buildings. If there is one hole, like around a gas line or a sewer line, the fire can spread. < as lemmas |
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