zipline

Etymology

zip + line

noun

1. A pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline, designed to enable a user to travel from one point to another by means of gravity.
   Coordinate term: Tyrolean traverse
   Outside the county towns of Lushui, Fugong, and Gongshan, few bridges span the Nu River Gorge, and most villagers cross the river by zipline cables or suspended footbridges to transport their crops or livestock to market. It is not uncommon to see sheep or cattle nervously thrashing about as they ride a zipline from one river bank to the other. 2014, Bryan Tilt, Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power, Columbia University Press, page 92
2. A trip on a zipline.

verb

1. To travel by zipline.
   He shrugs, too, when commandos zipline or jetpack into his line of vision, trading fire across busy intersections. 6 August 2021, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club