TROLLEY


Meaning of TROLLEY in English

I. noun

or trol·ly ˈträlē, -li

( plural trolleys or trollies )

Etymology: probably from troll (I) + -y (diminutive suffix)

1.

a. dialect England : a low wheeled cart

b. Britain : a railroad dump car

c. Britain : a small truck used in mines

d. : a small wheeled car used usually on a wooden track to move lumber from a portable sawmill to a yard

2.

a. : a current collector operating in connection with a trolley wire — see bow trolley , pantograph 2, wheel trolley

b. : an electric car : trolley car , streetcar

3. : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track (as of a parcel railway in a shop or store) : the wheeled truck of a traveling crane or of a ropeway from which a load is suspended

4. : a movable block used on a cable in skidding logs

5. Britain : a four-wheel stretcher used to transport patients in a hospital

6. chiefly Britain : a table or shelved stand on wheels usually equipped with a handle and used for conveying something (as food or books)

7. Britain : a hand-propelled cart: as

a. : caddie cart

b. : pushcart

- off one's trolley

II. verb

or trolly “

( trolleyed or trollied ; trolleyed or trollied ; trolleying or trollying ; trolleys or trollies )

transitive verb

: to convey by a trolley

was trolleying a packing case aboard a lift — Richard Church

intransitive verb

: to ride on a trolley

so trolley to your hotel for freshening up — James Cerruti

III.

variant of trolly

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.