The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
--De Quincey.One of the rails of a tramway.
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A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car.
Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.
Usage examples of "tram car".
David Oh heard a sharp click through the heavy rumbling of the moving tram car.
Confusion reigned, as the tram car shot past the station and around the next bend on its way along the port side of the ship.
Men and women would back out of the way as the tram car lurched forward and then sped smoothly off into the distance, accelerating as it went.
The tram car screeched to a halt right beside Darren, the huge bulk of Avernus stuffed in its front seat.
A cable snaked around Peter's waist, and for a split second he thought it was from the tram car somehow.
They got aboard the tram car and sped along the tunnel to its terminus.