Meaning

(firefighting) A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire..

Definitions by Sense

1. (firefighting) A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
2. (transport) An unprotected pipe located beneath a cargo tank that is used for loading of liquid products such as petroleum.
3. (fishing, Australia, attributive) Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.

Example Sentences

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.

We have used this method in the evening when strip headfires would burn into the wetline, but the backfire would go out.

[…] safety risks associated with the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping – known as wetlines – on DOT-specification cargo tank motor vehicles.

Perhaps the best example is wetlines. Wetlines are unprotected piping located beneath a cargo tank that is used for the bottom loading of gasoline or other petroleum products. In April 2009, we asked PHMSA how many wetlines incidents occurred since 2000.

Its below decks layout has been redesigned to suit its role as a modern wetline or rock lobster fishing boat.

The commercial wetline fleet is a subset of the total fishing fleet, and consists of all boats with Fishing Boat Licences which have access to fish stocks that are not subject to specific management.

I worked on several boats over a total of eight seasons, along the way obtaining my Master Class V and Master of Limited Trade Vessels skipper's tickets, and skippered a wet-line fishing boat, and a charter boat in the off-seasons.

Word Forms

• wetlines
• wet line

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When Should You Use Wetline?

Use wetline when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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