funicular railway

Variant of funicular

funicular definition

fu·nicu·lar (fyo̵̅o̅ nik′yo̵̅o̅ lər)

adjective

  1. of or like a funiculus or funiculi
  2. of, worked by, or hanging from a rope or cable

Etymology: < 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
also funicular railway

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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