cortalumes
Galician
Noun
cortalumes f (invariable)
- firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)
- Synonym: devasa
- (architecture) firewall (a fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle)
- Synonym: muro cortalumes
- (computing) firewall
- Synonym: devasa
Further reading
- “cortalumes”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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