telpher

or tel·fer

[tel-fer]

noun

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

adjective

of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

to transport by means of a telpherage.

Origin of telpher

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

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Historical Examples of telpher

In capacity to handle material, one telpher was about equal to one derrick.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910
George C. Clarke
Telpher, tel′fėr, adj. pertaining to a system of telpherage.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various
By opening a switch the current is cut off from the corresponding section, and the telpher will stop when it reaches this point.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism
Archibald Williams
At the North Shaft steel-plate bins were used, and were supplied with material by the buckets handled by the telpher.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910
James H. Brace and Francis Mason
From the telpher are suspended carriers which can be adapted to any kind of material.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3
Various

British Dictionary definitions for telpher

telpher

telfer

noun

a load-carrying car in a telpherage

another word for telpherage
(as modifier)a telpher line; a telpher system

verb

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

Derived Formstelpheric or telferic, adjective

Word Origin for telpher

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

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