"whipline" meaning in English

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          "name": "Oil industry",
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          "ref": "2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 45",
          "text": "Because the seas were a bit rough that morning the crane was using the whip line.",
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        "A cable, typically made of braided steel, used to lower and retrieve tools and instruments into oil or gas wells."
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          "braided",
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          "steel",
          "steel"
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