cableway

[ key-buhl-wey ]

noun

1. 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.

cableway

/ ˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ /

noun

1. a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers

Word History and Origins

Origin of cableway¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; cable + way ¹

Example Sentences

Further along the route of Mexico City’s newest cableway, a toucan and a scarlet macaw stare up at passengers.

From New York Times

The 6.5-mile line, inaugurated in August, is the longest public cableway in the world, according to the city government.

From New York Times

As stormy weather advanced on Austria, another cableway in Tyrol, in the Hochzillertal area, also had to suspend operations later Tuesday, APA reported.

From Seattle Times

Some 35 mountain rescuers were deployed to bring people down from the Hahnenkammbahn, a cabin cableway in Hoefen in Tyrol province, the Austria Press Agency reported.

From Seattle Times

“We had already built the cableway. That cost several hundred thousands of dollars, which we owed the banks. . . . We had put in a million and a half dollars,” he explained to me.

From The New Yorker