Tram

tram, n. a tramway or tramway-line: a four-wheeled coal-wagon in pits: a beam, bar, the shaft of a cart, barrow, .— ns. Tram′-car , a tramway-car; Tram′pot , the socket in which an upright spindle is stepped; Tram′-road , Tram′way , a road or way for carriages or wagons to run along easily; Tram′way-car , a carriage for conveying pa engers along the public streets, running on rails, drawn by horses or impelled by cable traction, electrical power, or steam. [Prov. Eng. tram , a beam, is prob. cog. with Sw. dial. tromm , a log, Low Ger. traam , a beam, .]