noun ·same·as tramroad.
2. tramway ·noun a railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.
3. tramway ·add. ·noun a street railway or interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, ·etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives.