telpher

or tel·fer

[ tel-fer ]

noun
  1. Also teleferic . 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.

Origin of telpher

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

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British Dictionary definitions for telpher

telpher

telfer

/ (ˈtɛlfə) /


noun
  1. a load-carrying car in a telpherage

    • another word for telpherage

    • (as modifier): a telpher line; a telpher system

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

Origin of telpher

1
C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore

Derived forms of telpher

  • telpheric or telferic, adjective

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