Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. (Elec.)
   Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of
   electric transportation by means of carriages which are
   suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.

Telpher \Tel"pher\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.)
   A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by
   means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.

   {Telpher line}, or {Telpher road}, an electric line or road
      over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by
      electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the
      line.

Source : WordNet®

telpher
     n : one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage [syn: {telfer}]