funicular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
    funicular railway; cable railway.
  2. adjective relating to or operated by a cable
    • funicular railway

WordNet

Fu*nic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. funiculaire.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
  2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
  3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament.

Webster 1913