zipway

English

Etymology

zip +‎ way

Noun

zipway (plural zipways)

1. (science fiction) A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
   • 2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel:

     I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.

   • 2012, Connie Willis, Larry Correia, Mercedes Lackey, A Cosmic Christmas:

     He could only stay there, suspended halfway between the top of the wall and the zipway, and wish would all come out all right. He'd taken a gamble, and sometimes you lost gambles. He felt more than saw the flyers stop, and he dropped down the remaining meter and a half to the surface of the zipway.