chair lift

[chair-lift]

chair·lift

[chair-lift]
noun
a series of chairs suspended from an endless cable driven by motors, for conveying skiers up the side of a slope.
Also, chair lift.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; chair + lift
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chair lift

noun
a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable [syn: chairlift
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