Second character in waterproof coat that gives skiers a lift (1-3)
I believe the answer is:
t-bar
'that gives skiers a lift' is the definition.
(type of ski lift)
'second character in waterproof coat' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'b' (B can mean second eg B-side).
'character' becomes 'a'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'waterproof coat' becomes 'tr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'a'='ba'
'ba' inserted inside 'tr' is 'T-BAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for t-bar that I've seen before include "Type of ski lift" , "Type of towing lift for skiers" , "Type of ski-lift" , "that provides lifts?" , "Towing ski lift" .)