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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)