"wetdown" meaning in English

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          "text": "Water trucks needed for wetdowns are used often. Camera cranes and scissor lifts used to lift a camera and one or more operators high above the ground are also frequently requested.",
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          "text": "That confidence will buy you a lot of good will when you ask them all for finishing funds because you blew your production budget on a Luma crane and a wetdown for Hollywood Boulevard.",
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        "(film) The application of water to objects and surfaces on a film set, for example when shooting a rainy scene during dry weather."
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