supplyline
nounUK /səˈplaɪ laɪn/
US /səˈplaɪ laɪn/
A supply line is the path that food and things people need travel along to reach them.
The soldiers protected the supply line so that food and medicine could reach the camp.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The system of people, vehicles, and routes used to move goods to where they are needed, especially in a military operation.
Enemy forces tried to cut the army's supply line by blocking the mountain road.
3. A pipe or tube that carries water, gas, or another substance to a place.
A leak in the water supply line left the whole street without water.
4. In business, the series of steps and companies that provide materials and products to a buyer.
The factory checked its supply line to make sure parts arrived on time.