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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noun : a power-driven conveyor consisting of seats hung from an endless cable for carrying skiers and sightseers up or down a mountain slope
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chair lift,
a series of chairs suspended from an endless cable for carrying persons, especially skiers, to the top of a slope, or between two points: »
Comfortably relaxed and swaying gently in our seats, we were wafted aloft by the chair lift (Atlantic).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.