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fire trail

British  

noun

  1. a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Each morning, she walks along a fire trail, dictating e-mails into her phone.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2012

When one of the group injures his leg in a fall, there are mobile phones to summon a car along a fire trail.

From Time Magazine Archive

An excellent fire trail would take some of them afoot direct to the first blazes.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.

Charley was with his crew brushing out the fire trail.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.

The forest rangers have been making a fire trail of this old path.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.

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