zipline

plural ziplines · alternative zip-line · alternative zip line

1. A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.

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   Outside the county towns of Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan, few bridges span the Nu River Gorge, and most villagers cross the river by zipline cables or suspended footbridges to transport their crops or livestock to market. It is not uncommon to see sheep or cattle nervously thrashing about as they ride a zipline from one river bank to the other.

   2014, Bryan Tilt, Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 92

   Synonyms: aerial ropeslide, aerial runway, flying fox, Tyrolean runway, zip-wire

2. A trip on a zipline.

present singular third person ziplines · participle present ziplining · participle past ziplined · past ziplined · alternative zip-line · alternative zip line

1. intransitiveTo move or travel by zipline.

   He shrugs, too, when commandos zipline or jetpack into his line of vision, trading fire across busy intersections.

   2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club