Noun

(en noun)

(telecommunications) A landline

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 26, author=The Associated Press, title=Homes and Treasuries Give Investors a Jolt, work=New York Times citation

, passage=AT&T rose 16 cents, to $36.79, after the company reported a 17 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit and growth in wireless subscribers and in its regional wireline businesses. }}

(oil drilling) A wire that runs from a drill rig down into the drill hole to support a deadload or other downhole tool

*{{quote-book, 2005, William C. Lyons & Gary J. Plisga, Standard Handbook of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering, isbn=0750677856, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=h-DRjBCI08QC&pg=PA5-IA376&dq=%2Bwirelines, page=5, edition=2nd ed.

, passage=Most manufacturers of wirelines will construct specially designed armored electrical conductor wirelines for unique downhole operations.}}