[tram-wey] 
| 1. | a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads. |
| 2. | British. 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. |
| ropeway | |
noun | |
| a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway] |
