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SKI TOW [2 records]

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Record 1 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
DEF

A ski lift, such as a rope tow, a T-bar or J-bar, that pulls skiers up a slope.

CONT

Ski Tow: A term often used to describe a surface lift or tow used for skiing.

CONT

Six local ski clubs have permanent ski tows in the northern hills. While some use rudimentary rope tows run off old tractor engines, others have modern button lifts bought second hand from the Alps.

OBS

Although "ski tow" usually refers to surface lifts, it is sometimes used in a broader sense to encompass all lifts.

OBS

ski tow: Also a synonym for "ski lift" (Webster).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

Appareil à câble permettant de tracter des skieurs glissant sur leurs propres skis, pour remonter une pente.

CONT

Un téléski est une remontée mécanique de surface : le skieur saisit une perche au départ et se laisse tracter par le téléski.

OBS

Pluriel : remonte-pentes.

OBS

remonte-pentes (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Selon LAROG «remonte-pente» est synonyme de «téléski», mais nous croyons qu'il s'agit peut-être d'un générique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
DEF

A power-driven conveyor, usually with attached tow bars, suspended chairs, or gondolas, used to carry skiers to the top of a trail or slope.

CONT

It has 12 lifts (a new quad on Mount Standish plus the world's longest single stand 8-passenger gondola) and a vertical rise of 1,070 m.

OBS

ski lift ... Also called a ski tow.

OBS

Although these terms are generic, "ski tow" can also be used in a more restricted sense to mean a draglift or surface tow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

Dispositif servant à hisser les skieurs en haut d'une pente [...]

CONT

Sunshine Village vous offre 12 remonte-pentes (notamment le nouveau télésiège quadruple du mont Standish et le service de télécabines à huit passagers le plus long au monde) et une dénivellation de 1 070 m.

OBS

Quoique ces termes soient génériques, «remonte-pente» peut s'employer dans un sens plus restreint pour signifier un téléski.

OBS

Pluriel : des remonte-pentes.

OBS

remonte-pentes (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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