telpher

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telpher

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From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).

noun telphers

An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
A system of transportation using telphers. In 1898, the ever-innovative Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway installed an overhead delivery system known as a 'telpher'. […] But the telpher at Manchester Victoria wasn't part of a crane. It was part of an extraordinary dual-railed overhead line, a little like a suspended monorail, with individually

verb telphers · telphering · telphered

transitive To transport with a telpher.

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@misc{telpher_2026,
  title = {telpher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telpher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}