TRAM


Meaning of TRAM in English

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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .