tram 1
— tramless , adj.
/tram/ , n. , v. , trammed, tramming .
n.
1. Brit. a streetcar.
2. a tramway; tramroad.
3. Also called tramcar /tram"kahr'/ . a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.
4. the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.
v.t. , v.i.
5. to convey or travel by tram.
[ 1490-1500 for an earlier sense; 1820-30 for def. 2; orig. shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perh. trame beam ]
tram 2
/tram/ , n. , v. , trammed, tramming .
n.
1. trammel (def. 3).
v.t.
2. Mach. to adjust (something) correctly.
[ 1880-85; short for TRAMMEL ]
tram 3
/tram/ , n.
silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used weftwise in weaving silk fabrics. Cf. organzine .
[ 1300-50 for an earlier sense; 1670-80 for current sense; ME tram ( m ) e machination, contrivance traime weft, cunning contrivance trama warp ]