Cable-car
a vehicle, usually enclosed, used on a cable railway or tramway.
Historical Examples
The Journal of Arthur Stirling Upton Sinclair
The Spinner’s Book of Fiction Various
The Day’s Work, Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling
Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color Brander Matthews
From Sea to Sea Rudyard Kipling
Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color Brander Matthews
Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris
The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald
Other Things Being Equal Emma Wolf
noun
a cabin suspended from and moved by an overhead cable in a mountain area
a cableway
a passenger car on a cable railway
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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. Historical Examples The Panama Canal Frederic Jennings Haskin Concrete Construction Halbert P. Gillette The Boy […]
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noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid. noting a rope formed of three backhanded ropes twisted together in a right-handed direction. Historical Examples A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure The Seaman’s Friend Richard Henry Dana The Gunner’s Examiner Harold E. Cloke The Seaman’s Friend […]
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cable’s length. a nautical unit of length equivalent to 720 feet (219 meters) in the U.S. Navy and 608 feet (185 meters) in the British Navy. Historical Examples Adventure Jack London The Cruise of the Snark Jack London The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras Jules Verne Blackbeard: Buccaneer Ralph D. Paine