paternoster

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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

The loop: down and back up There have been no new paternoster lifts installed since 1974, because of access problems and safety concerns.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

“I am going to paternoster for perch, and I’ll take the casting-net to get some small fry.”

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher