telpher

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: tel=pher

CIDE DICTIONARY

telpher, n. [Gr. far, far off + fe`rein to bear.].

•  A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.  Fleeming Jenkin.  [1913 Webster]
•  Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

telpher, n. a system for transporting goods etc. by electrically driven trucks or cable-cars.

Derivative

telpherage n.

Etymology

TELE- + -PHORE