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A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
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ropeway
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n. A system of cables, slung from towers, from which carriers are suspended to transport materials.
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n. a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway , tram , aerial tramway , cable tramway ]
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A ropeway is a form of naval lifting device used to transport light stores and equipment across rivers or ravines. It comprises a jackstay , slung between two sheers or gyns , one at either end, from which is suspended a block and tackle , that is free ...
Usage examples of ropeway.
People in bright clothing, agile as the siamang of near Sumatra, sped overhead along treeways and ropeways, arms and hands modified for brachiation.
The only way off the Holm was by the cradle, and my captor would clearly wait until the other side of the ropeway was manned before sending me across.
Conan turned his gaze up the road to where the last of their party was crossing the broken causeway, via an unsteady ropeway floored with charred planking salvaged from the castle.
Men who had looked at the terrain and at the sweating, straining effort of their fellows, and who had directed their own effort into acquiring skills unknown in the plains: widening and strengthening pathways, fixing ropeways, using levers and pulleys.
People in bright clothing, agile as the siamang of near Sumatra, sped overhead along freeways and ropeways, arms and hands modified for brachiation.