telpher means an electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).
noun
- An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
- A system of transportation using telphers.“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 Par”
verb
- To transport with a telpher.