noun

• A transportation system in which goods are carried suspended from a continuous moving cable.

  ‘Refreshments will be taken in Montepertuso and in Nocelle, a village accessible only on foot (aerial cableways are used to bring supplies up to the residents and their guests).’

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  • ‘The inspector's report said: ‘The proposed cableway across the river would be visually intrusive.’’
  • ‘By 11: 21 a.m., the fire has spread through cableways to all aft compartments and has reached nearly 2, 000° F.’
  • ‘The Indian army has an impressive scheme to try to clean the glacier by building a gargantuan aerial cableway that will cart supplies up and carry waste down.’