aerial ropeway

noun

An arrangement of overhead cables suspended from towers and supporting travelling buckets used for transporting ore, rock, materials and or people, usually over rough terrain.

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Meanings

nounaerial ropeway (plural aerial ropeways)

plural aerial ropeways

  1. An arrangement of overhead cables suspended from towers and supporting travelling buckets used for transporting ore, rock, materials and or people, usually over rough terrain.
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