cableway

noun

ca·​ble·​way ˈkā-bəl-ˌwā 

: a suspended cable used as a track along which carriers can be pulled

Examples of cableway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An aerial cableway completes the journey, with passengers reaching its base by shuttle bus before taking the elevators and then a 30-minute cable car ride. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

Hoover Dam, the dam on the Colorado River nestled on the border of Southern Nevada and Arizona, reopened for visitation on Friday, July 31, following a successful repair of the dam's cableway system. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Continue up the cableway to the Schilthorn summit. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025

De Luca said the car that fell had two couples and one worker from the cableway aboard. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cableway

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