funiculars

funiculars
fu·nic·u·lar || fjuː'nɪkjələ(r) /-jʊl- n. funicular railway, steep railway operated by means of a cable which raises and lowers the cars (often with the ascending car counterbalancing the descending one) adj. of a rope or cord; operated by means of a rope or cable

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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