WordNet
n. a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway, tram, cable tramway, ropeway]
Wikipedia
An aerial tramway, cable car, ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip of an aerial tramway cabin is fixed onto the propulsion rope and cannot be decoupled from it during operations.
Usage examples of "aerial tramway".
He was the mechanic who maintained the aerial tramway in addition to caring for all of Shade Tree Vineyards' trucks and farm equipment.
It was a brilliant summer day, and already Forte was sweating as he led her down the passageway between the raised solar panels to the docking station of the aerial tramway.