cableway
[ key-buh l-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.
Words nearby cableway
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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