telpher

American  

[tel-fer] / ˈtɛl fər /

Or telfer

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

1. to transport by means of a telpherage.

telpher British  

/ 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

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• telpheric adjective

Etymology

Origin of telpher

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

The speed of the telpher may be readily regulated by the introduction of a resistance between any section of the line and the supply of electricity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

One telpher was taken from each of the Intermediate Shafts to operate at each of the West Shafts.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.

The use of the bucket and telpher also eliminated most of the objectionable noise incident to the transfer of spoil from tunnel cars to ordinary wagons at the shaft sites.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.

Thus the telpher is a self-propelled electric carrier running on a mono-rail, which, according to the conditions, may be a steel rail or a steel cable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various