cableway

[ key-buhl-wey ]

/ ˈkeɪ bəlˌweɪ /

noun

a system for hoisting and hauling bulk materials, consisting of a cable or pair of cables suspended between two towers, on which travels a carriage from which a bucket is suspended: used in heavy construction work, in storage plants, etc.

Also called cable crane .

Origin of cableway

First recorded in 1895–1900; cable + way¹

Words nearby cableway

cable-stitch, cablet, cable television, cable tie, cablevision, cableway, cabling, cabman, cabob, caboched, cabochon

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Example sentences from the Web for cableway

The cableway is much used in the erection of masonry piers for bridges across rivers or valleys.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
Lighthouse-builders on cableway from top of cliff to platform beside reef, unapproachable by boats.
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
To put the cableway on traveling towers will cost about $1,000 more.
Concrete Construction|Halbert P. Gillette
Then a cableway was erected spanning the entire length of the section and the remainder of the material taken out.
Concrete Construction|Halbert P. Gillette

The cableway is so economical in its working that it has greatly advanced the process of "open-pit" mining.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams

British Dictionary definitions for cableway

cableway

/ (ˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ) /

noun

a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cableway
释义	cableway [ key-buhl-wey ] / ˈkeɪ bəlˌweɪ / noun a system for hoisting and hauling bulk materials, consisting of a cable or pair of cables suspended between two towers, on which travels a carriage from which a bucket is suspended: used in heavy construction work, in storage plants, etc. Also called cable crane . Origin of cableway First recorded in 1895–1900; cable + way¹ Words nearby cableway cable-stitch, cablet, cable television, cable tie, cablevision, cableway, cabling, cabman, cabob, caboched, cabochon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cableway The cableway is much used in the erection of masonry piers for bridges across rivers or valleys. The Romance of Modern Mechanism\|Archibald Williams Lighthouse-builders on cableway from top of cliff to platform beside reef, unapproachable by boats. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler To put the cableway on traveling towers will cost about $1,000 more. Concrete Construction\|Halbert P. Gillette Then a cableway was erected spanning the entire length of the section and the remainder of the material taken out. Concrete Construction\|Halbert P. Gillette The cableway is so economical in its working that it has greatly advanced the process of "open-pit" mining. The Romance of Modern Mechanism\|Archibald Williams British Dictionary definitions for cableway cableway / (ˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ) / noun a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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