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telecabine, n.|ˌtɛlɪkæˈbiːn|
Also telecabin |ˈtɛlɪˌkæbɪn| and varr.
[a. Fr. télécabine (also used).]
A type of ski-lift in which people are carried in enclosed cars; any one of these cars. Cf. gondola n. 4 c.
1954Ski Notes & Queries May 48 The Christomet lift..gives Megève a total of nine ski-lifts, three téléfériques and one télécabine. 1968Ski Notes & Queries Autumn 8 (Advt.), Sporting facilities: 4 Cable-ways 1 Telecabinlift 4 Chair lifts. 1972Country Life 20 Jan. 171/3 At Anzère there is a telecabine taking skiers from 5,000 ft. up to the Pas de Maimbre. 1974H. Evans et al. We learned to Ski i. 29 The four basic types of lift. Top is a cable car... Below it is a chair lift. Next is a ‘telecabine’ or ‘gondola’, a cross between the previous two. 1986Financial Times 1 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xv/2 Pigs have other uses here—to test telecabines... To make sure it is safe they try it out with a cargo of pigs at the start of each season. |
