noun the shaft of a cart.
2. tram ·noun a car on a horse railroad.
3. tram ·noun one of the rails of a tramway.
4. tram ·add. ·noun ·same·as trammel, ·noun, 6.
5. tram ·add. ·vt to convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
6. tram ·noun a four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
7. tram ·add. ·vi to operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.
8. tram ·noun 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.