'Telpher line' definitions:

Definition of 'Telpher line'

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]