/tram"way'/ , n.
1. a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2. Brit. tramline.
3. Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage.
4. Also called aerial railway, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway . a system for hauling passengers and freight in vehicles suspended from a cable or cables supported by a series of towers, hangers, or the like: used over canyons, between mountain peaks, etc.
[ 1815-25; TRAM 1 + WAY 1 ]