telpher

A small traveling car, usually driven by electricity, suspended from or moving on an overhead rail or cable.

A transportation system using telphers.

To transport by telpher.

The motor employed in hauling the carriers of a telpherage system.

Of or relating to a system of telpherage.

A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.

an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.