tramrail
Meanings
noun
- An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop.
- A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains.
- A grooved rail (one of at least two) laid in a street for trams to run on. Ordinary rails are used on off-street (reserved track) sections of tramways.
Word forms
Etymology
From tram + rail.
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