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whipline

whipline noun: a cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells.

Noun

whipline (plural whiplines)

  1. A cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells.
    • Because the seas were a bit rough that morning the crane was using the whip line.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 45

Forms of whipline

pluralwhiplines
alternative formwhip line

Origin of whipline

From whip + line.

Questions about whipline

What does whipline mean?
Whipline means a cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells.
What part of speech is whipline?
Whipline is a noun.
What is the plural of whipline?
The plural of whipline is whiplines.

Words near whipline in the dictionary

  1. whiplashing
  2. whiplashlike
  3. whiplashy
  4. whipless
  5. whiplike
  6. whipline
  7. whiplines
  8. whipmaker
  9. whipmakers
  10. whipmaking
  11. whipman

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