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Definition of Fuel line
1. Noun. A pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine. "The car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line"
Group relationships: Fuel System
Generic synonyms: Pipage, Pipe, Piping
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuel Line
Literary usage of Fuel line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oil Engines: Details and Operation by Lacey Harvey Morrison (1919)
"The fuel line, as on all engines, fills with dirt and must be flushed with kerosene.
There is no by-pass or relief valve on the fuel line. ..."
2. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"This condition damped subsequent vibration in the fuel line. ... A redesigned
igniter fuel line eliminated the bellows sections, replacing them with bends ..."
3. How to Get It: A Guide to Defense-Related Information Sources (1993)
"... Notes: DFSC fuel line is an official technical publication, published quarterly
by and for Defense DGIS Fuel Supply Center and fuel oriented clientele. ..."