Any of various transport systems consisting of a chair or cabin suspended from a cable (such as a cable car, gondola lift, etc.).
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > system of traction by cable (4) funicular1881 Any of various transport systems consisting of a chair or cabin suspended from a cable (such as a cable car, gondola lift, etc.). telpherage1883 Transport effected automatically by the aid of electricity; spec. a system adapted to the conveyance of minerals and other goods in vessels… cable system1887 a system of traction by cable, or of telegraphy by submarine cables. slacklining1933 North American. In logging: the transporting of harvested logs using a system of suspended steel cables in which the main overhead line can be… |
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