'Telpher' definitions:
Definition of 'telpher'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage [syn: telpher, telfer]
Definition of 'Telpher'
From: GCIDE
- Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + fe`rein to bear.]
- 1. (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line. [1913 Webster]