funicular
noun/fjuːˈnɪkjələ(r)/
/fjuːˈnɪkjələr/
(also funicular railway)
- a railway on a steep slope, used to transport passengers up and down in special cars by means of a moving cableTopics Transport by bus and trainc2Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘of or like a cord or thread’): from Latin funiculus (diminutive of funis ‘rope’) + -ar.
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