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telpher

or tel·fer

[ tel-fer ]

noun

  1. Also . a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

  1. to transport by means of a telpherage.

telpher

/ ˈtɛlfə /

noun

  1. a load-carrying car in a telpherage
    1. another word for telpherage
    2. ( as modifier )

      a telpher line

      a telpher system

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtelpheric, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher1

1880–85; alteration of telephore. See tele- 1, -phore
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Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher1

C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore
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Example Sentences

Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.

By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.

In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.

At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.

A telpher line on his system was subsequently erected at Glynde in Sussex.

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