Definition of "fire-resisting" []

• Fitted to resist the effects of fire: as. fire-resisting materials.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In addition to statical functions, such as stiffening of the building or room and taking up of loads, they should also meet fire-resisting, sound-insulating and heat-insulating requirements."
• "Nor is the system feasible where there is much fir or other species less fire-resisting than pine."
• "The tests include not only those for compression or crushing strength, but also those for resistance to compressive strains of the prisms and cubes, when raised to high temperatures in muffles or kilns; resistance to weathering, freezing, and thawing; porosity; fire-resisting qualities, etc."