Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Telpherage \Tel"pher*age\, n. (Elec.)
   Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of
   carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the
   power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on
   which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied
   to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.

Telpherage \Tel"pher*age\, n.
   The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
   --Fleeming Jenkin.

Source : WordNet®

telpherage
     n : a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are
         suspended from cables and operated on electricity [syn: {telferage}]