funicular

(fyo̵̅o̅ nik′yo̵̅o̅ lər)

adjective

Origin: < L funiculus (see funicle) + -ar

noun

a mountain railway on which counterbalanced cars on parallel sets of rails are pulled up and lowered by cables

See funicular in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

noun

A cable railway on a steep incline, especially such a railway with simultaneously ascending and descending cars counterbalancing one another.

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