Bible Dictionaries
Telpher

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Telpher'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/telpher.html. 1828.