(firefighting) A line that has been doused with water in order to stop the advance of a fire.
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.
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(transport) An unprotected pipe located beneath a cargo tank that is used for loading of liquid products such as petroleum.
We have used this method in the evening when strip headfires would burn into the wetline, but the backfire would go out.
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(fishing, Australia, attributive) Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.
safety risks associated with the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping – known as wetlines – on DOT-specification cargo tank motor vehicles.
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