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telpher lines

telpher lines is the plural of telpher line.

Meaning of telpher line

Noun

telpher line (plural telpher lines)

  1. An electrically-powered track and cable designed for conveying freight-filled vehicles.
    • It must not be supposed that I look on the new telpher lines as likely to compete with railways or injure their traffic.1883, Fleming Jenkin, “On Telpherage”, in Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, volume 29, page 511
    Synonyms:
    telpher road

Questions about telpher lines

What is telpher lines the plural of?
Telpher lines is the plural of telpher line.

Words near telpher lines in the dictionary

  1. teloxantrone
  2. telpek
  3. telpeks
  4. telpher
  5. telpher line
  6. telpher lines
  7. telpher road
  8. telpher roads
  9. telpherage
  10. telpherages
  11. telphered

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