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Poma2 N. Amer.|ˈpəʊmə|
Also poma.
[f. the name of J. Pomagalski, its inventor.]
The proprietary name of a type of ski-lift having detachable hangers; so Poma lift, Pomalift.
1954Amer. Ski Ann. & Skiing Jrnl. Jan. 55/1 The poma lift at Arapahoe Basin, once the wooden towers were in place, was erected in sixteen days in the worst possible weather. 1955Ski Mag. Oct. 51/2 (Advt.), Big news at Big Bromley..a new 2,190 ft. Poma lift has been installed. 1957T. Kesting Outdoor Encycl. 403/2 On the Pomalift—a kind of platter-pull—the hangers are stored at the bottom and clamped onto the cable as needed. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 206 Skiers usually do not differentiate between platter pull and poma; the latter seems to have become the universally accepted term for both types working with disks. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 35/3 Other Muskoka resorts offering modern accommodation as well as T-bar or pomalift include Muskoka Sands, [etc.]. 1970Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 Apr. tm 80/2 Jean Pomagalski S.A., Fontaine-Grenoble, France... Poma for cable transport or towing apparatus and installations—namely, cable cars, gondola-lifts, chair-lifts, ski-lifts. 1973P. A. Whitney Snowfire vi. 105 A chair lift, with T-bar, J-bar and poma lift off to our right. 1977Forest Sci. XXIII. 168 Area 1..is only affected by skiing activity (ski runs, poma lifts). |