"cable ferry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cable ferries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cable ferry (plural cable ferries)
  1. (nautical) a type of ferry which propels itself by means of one or more steel cables laid across a body of water. Wikipedia link: cable ferry Categories (topical): Watercraft Related terms: chain ferry Translations (cable ferry): kabelfærge [common-gender] (Danish), lossi (Finnish), kabelferge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kabelferje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kabelferje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-cable_ferry-en-noun-wZVlzU2l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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