cortalumes

== Galician == === Etymology === From cortar + lume. === 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, 2012–2026