funitel


fu·ni·tel

F5369950 (fo͞o′nĭ-tĕl′)n. A form of high-speed aerial lift in which the cars are strung between parallel, continuously moving cables from which they detach for loading and unloading.
[French : funi(culaire), funicular (from Latin fūniculus, slender rope; see funiculus) + téléphérique, telpher (from English telepher obsolete variant of telpher; see telpher + French -ique, adj. and n. suff., from Latin -icus, -ic).]