cable-railway
1cable railway — cable .railway n a railway on which vehicles are pulled up steep slopes by a moving ↑cable …
2cable railway — ☆ cable railway n. a street railway on which the cars are pulled by a continuously moving underground cable …
3cable railway — noun count a railroad fixed to a cable by which it is pulled up a mountain …
4Cable railway — A cable railway (also known as an incline or inclined plane) is a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope to haul trains. IntroductionCable railways are typically built where the gradient of the route is so steep that a conventional rail …
5cable railway — noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars • Syn: ↑funicular, ↑funicular railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑funicular (for: ↑funicular) • …
6Cable railway — Railroad Rail road (r[=a]l r[=o]d ), Railway Rail way (r[=a]l w[=a] ), n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on …
7cable railway — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cable railway : singular cable railway plural cable railways a railway attached to a cable by which it is pulled up a mountain …
8cable railway — railway that runs on cables and that is suspended upon the cables …
9cable railway — /keɪbəl ˈreɪlweɪ/ (say kaybuhl raylway) noun 1. a funicular railway. 2. a railway on which the cars are hauled by a moving cable …
10cable railway — a railway on which the cars are pulled by a moving cable under the roadway. [1885 90] * * * …
