paternosterhiss

Calque of German Paternosteraufzug. Compound of paternoster (“paternoster; rosary”) +‎ hiss (“elevator; lift”). Named after the constructions visual similarity to a Catholic paternoster (“rosary”), a byname from the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin, "pater noster" (“our father”). First attested in 1909.^[1]

paternosterhiss c

1. a type of passenger lift, of several distinct designs, that moves continuously in a loop with multiple carriers for passengers
   2. paternoster (a lift consisting of a loop of open-fronted cabins)

      Synonym: flaskhiss

      • 1913 January 23, Dagens Nyheter‎^[1], page 3:

        […] i sin nybyggnad vid Kungsträdgårdsgatan inreda en s. k. paternosterhiss […]

        […] in its new building at Kungsträdgårdsgatan, furnish a so-called paternoster lift […]

   4. manlift (a lift consisting of a series of handle-and-step groups)

      Synonym: manlift

      • 2019 July 31, Lennart Lundquist, “Paternosterhiss förbjuds efter allvarlig olycka [Manlift banned after serious accident]”, in Arbetarskydd‎^[2]:

        Hur allvarligt den anställde skadade sig vid olyckan i den så kallad paternosterhissen i december 2018, på Vargön Alloys utanför Vänersborg, framgår inte av Arbetsmiljöverkets förbud.

        How seriously the employee was injured in the accident in the so-called manlift in December 2018, at Vargön Alloys outside Vänersborg, is not clear from the Work Environment Authority's ban.