1. A cable railway, typically on a steep slope, in which a car is pulled up and another is lowered by a single cable.

1. Of, relating to, or operated by a rope or cable.
Usage: technical

Examples

• The funicular climbed the mountainside, carrying tourists to the summit.
• We took the funicular railway up to the old castle overlooking the city.
• The funicular system uses counterweights to balance the ascending and descending cars.
• San Francisco's famous funicular cars are a historic landmark.
• The funicular operated smoothly despite the steep 45-degree incline.