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
2. 1. another word for telpherage
   2. ( as modifier )

      a telpher line

      a telpher system

verb

1. tr to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage

Derived Forms

• ˈtelpheric, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher¹

1880–85; alteration of telephore. See tele- ¹, -phore

Word History and Origins

Origin of telpher¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Puddle what material there is in the forms, dump the telpher buckets where they stand, and clean out the mixers; that's the size of the job, and it's got to be done.

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Telpherage.—A telpher ropeway or cableway may be defined as a ropeway or cableway worked and controlled electrically, only a rail rope being required besides the live rail or wire from which the electric current is taken.

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The telpher itself consists of a light two-wheeled truck, carrying the driving motors, which, to avoid gearing or other complicated mechanism, are usually coupled directly to the axles of the telpher.

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From the telpher are suspended carriers which can be adapted to any kind of material.

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