Funicular
WordNet
adjective
(1) Relating to or operated by a cable
"Funicular railway"
noun
(2) A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
- Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
Noun
- A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.