(n)a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers, Syn.tram, ropeway, cable tramway, aerial tramway
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2. A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]