telpherage

Sometimes tel·fer·age

[tel-fer-ij]

noun

1. a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, especially one operated by electricity.

telpherage

/ ˈtɛlfərɪdʒ /

noun

1. Also called: telpher line.  telpher. an overhead transport system in which an electrically driven truck runs along a single rail or cable, the load being suspended in a separate car beneath

Word History and Origins

Origin of telpherage¹

First recorded in 1880–85; telpher + -age

Example Sentences

Thirty thousand dollars will amply cover your new equipment: power drills, electric transfers, and the cheap telpherage plant.

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The uses of telpherage are many and various.

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The telpherage system extends across the transfer table pit at the west end of the shops and into the storehouse and blacksmith shop at the Seventh Avenue end of the grounds.

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His telpherage, too, had given him considerable anxiety to perfect; and his mother's illness, which affected her mind, had caused himself to fear.

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The singular invention to which he gave the name of telpherage, had of late consumed his time, overtaxed his strength and overheated his imagination.

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