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Funicular

noun
1.
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.  Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway.
adjective
1.
Relating to or operated by a cable.



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"Funicular" Quotes from Famous Books



... great deal of precious time and energy may be wasted in a short holiday when all climbing has to be done on skis. The first runs are tiring enough without the additional fatigue of climbing, and going up in a funicular or railway opens up numbers of runs which would be far too energetic for most people who ...
— Ski-running • Katharine Symonds Furse
... it all be spoilt and vulgarised?" said Delaine, with a shrug. "Next year, I suppose, a funicular, to the top of ...
— Lady Merton, Colonist • Mrs. Humphry Ward


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