aerial railway

noun

A system involving an enclosed carriage suspended on a series of wires, usually attached to a steep mountain slope, used for personal transportation over normally untraversable territory.

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Meanings

nounaerial railway (plural aerial railways)

plural aerial railways

  1. A system involving an enclosed carriage suspended on a series of wires, usually attached to a steep mountain slope, used for personal transportation over normally untraversable territory.

Translations

Irish cábla aerga
  • cábla aergaa system involving an enclosed carriage suspended on a series of wires used for personal transportation over normally untraversable territory
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APA

aerial railway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerial%20railway

MLA

“aerial railway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerial%20railway. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerial railway,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerial%20railway.

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