telpher

English edit

Part of the telpher line at Glynde, East Sussex

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek [Term?] "far" + "to carry".

Noun edit

telpher (plural telphers)

An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
A system of transportation using telphers.
- 2020 December 30, Tim Dunn, “The railway's mechanical marvels”, in Rail, page 55:
  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.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

telpher (third-person singular simple present telphers, present participle telphering, simple past and past participle telphered)

To transport with a telpher.