Tram
[træm]
Definition
(n.) A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
(n.) The shaft of a cart.
(n.) One of the rails of a tramway.
(n.) A car on a horse railroad.
(n.) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
Inputed by Cleo
Definition
n. a tramway or tramway-line: a four-wheeled coal-wagon in pits: a beam bar the shaft of a cart barrow &c.—ns. Tram′-car a tramway-car; Tram′pot the socket in which an upright spindle is stepped; Tram′-road Tram′way a road or way for carriages or wagons to run along easily; Tram′way-car a carriage for conveying passengers along the public streets running on rails drawn by horses or impelled by cable traction electrical power or steam.
Typed by Cedric
Examples
- We crossed the tram tracks. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We could walk or take a tram, Catherine said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the Blenkinsop engine was found to be very unsteady, and tore up the tram-rails, and when its boiler blew up the owner decided that the engine was not worth the cost of repair. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Clearly he could not drive a tram without belonging to the syndicate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For hours it would be impossible to get a seat and it was impossible to board the tram cars. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then the husband of the other girl, the other sister, who was also in the trams, had gone to the hills as I had. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The flat plates on which the wheels ran were made about three inches wide, with edges two inches high, cast on the near side, to keep the wheels of the trams on the tracks. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Edited by Brent