backburn

See also: back-burn and back burn

English

Etymology

From back +‎ burn.

Noun

backburn (plural backburns)

A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.

Translations

prescribed burn

Danish: modbrand c
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motbrann (no) m

Verb

backburn (third-person singular simple present backburns, present participle backburning, simple past and past participle backburned or backburnt)

To light a fire for this reason.