Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart
or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf.
OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine,
as for carrying coal or ore.
2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
--De Quincey.
3. One of the rails of a tramway.
4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a
street railway car.
Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end
of the spindle of a millstone.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |