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wet line

wet line is the alternative form of wetline.

Meaning of wetline

Noun

wetline (plural wetlines)

  1. A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
    • In cheatgrass the wetline technique has proven to be successful and is equally useful in other light to moderate grass fuels on relatively smooth terrain.1982, Henry A. Wright, Fire Ecology: United States and Southern Canada, page 398
  2. An unprotected pipe located beneath a cargo tank that is used for loading of liquid products such as petroleum.
    • […] safety risks associated with the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping – known as wetlines – on DOT-specification cargo tank motor vehicles.2003, Commercial Carrier Journal, volume 160
  3. (Australia, attributive) Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.
    • Its below decks layout has been redesigned to suit its role as a modern wetline or rock lobster fishing boat.1983, Australian Fisheries, volume 42, page 35

Forms of wet line

pluralwet lines

Questions about wet line

What is wet line the alternative form of?
Wet line is the alternative form of wetline.

Words near wet line in the dictionary

  1. wet labbed
  2. wet labbing
  3. wet labs
  4. wet lease
  5. wet leases
  6. wet line
  7. wet lines
  8. wet look
  9. wet lung syndrome
  10. wet market
  11. wet markets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wet line (page history and authors); wetline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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