whipline

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounwhipline (plural whiplines)

plural whiplines · alternative whip line

  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

Origin

From whip + line.

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APA

whipline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipline

MLA

“whipline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipline. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whipline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipline.

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