noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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."

Example

More examples

"Because the seas were a bit rough that morning the crane was using the whip line."

Etymology

From whip + line.

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