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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   (châr'lĭft')   
n.  A mechanized, cable-suspended, aerial chair assembly used to transport skiers up or down a mountain slope.
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