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Telpher

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
  2. 2
    one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage wordnet
  3. 3
    A system of transportation using telphers.

    "In 1898, the ever-innovative Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway installed an overhead delivery system known as a 'telpher'. […] But the telpher at Manchester Victoria wasn't part of a crane. It was part of an extraordinary dual-railed overhead line, a little like a suspended monorail, with individually manned units that trundled high above the heads of passengers and staff, carrying goods from the Parcels Office to each platform."

Verb
  1. 1
    To transport with a telpher. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).

Etymology 2

From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).

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