whipline

Etymology

From whip + line.

whipline means A cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

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.”