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cableway

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ca⋅ble⋅way

[key-buhl-wey]
–noun
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.
Also called cable crane.


Origin:
1895–1900; cable + way
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ca·ble·way   (kā'bəl-wā')   
n.  A suspended cable used as a track typically for a cable car.
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