FUNICULAR
- short, very steep railway having two parallel sets of tracks, upon each of which runs a car or train raised or lowered by means of a cable that simultaneously lowers or raises the other car or train in such a way that the two are approximately counterbala
- of or pertaining to a rope or cord, or its tension
- worked by a rope or the like
- relating to a string or cable [adj] / a cable railway ascending a mountain [n -S]