A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars.

synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway.

Dutch: kabelbaan, kabelweg, kabelspoor
Polish: kolejka górska

Relating to or operated by a cable.

Roget 205: filamentous, filamentiferous^†, filaceous^†, filiform^†; fibrous, fibrillous^†; thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform^†; funicular, wire-drawn; anguilliform^†; flagelliform^†; hairy etc. (rough) 256; taeniate^†, taeniform^†, taenioid^†; venose^†, venous.    ... show more