ropeway

• Système de transport où des cabines ou des bennes suspendues à des câbles, soutenus par des pylônes, acheminent des passagers ou des marchandises.

A noun referring to a system of transportation where passengers or freight are carried in vehicles suspended from cables supported by towers.

1. Cable transport systemB2formal

   A system of cables and towers used to transport people or goods in suspended carriers, often over difficult terrain.

   Téléphérique

   • The ropeway carried tourists up the steep mountain slope.
   • Miners used a ropeway to transport ore from the remote site.
   • Engineers inspected the ropeway's cables for safety before the season.

   Synonymesaerial tramway