telecabin

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French télécabine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌkæbɪn/

Noun

telecabin (plural telecabins)

  1. A type of cable car used as a ski lift.
    • 2001 January 20, David Clement-Davies, “White sierras”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Any doubts I had as to the potential of the resort vanished as I rode the telecabin to Borreguiles, swaying up the sheeted white to the jagged-toothed peak of Veleta.

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