tramroad
[ tram-rohd ]
noun
(in a mine) a small railroad for trams.
Origin of tramroad
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How to use tramroad in a sentence
From this time forward considerably less difficulty was experienced in working the coal trains upon the Wylam tramroad.
Lives of the Engineers | Samuel SmilesThe gauge of the first tramroad laid down had virtually settled the point.
Lives of the Engineers | Samuel SmilesThe first iron tramroad from Croydon to Wandsworth was completed July 24th, 1801.
A tramroad or railroad, then; there was no other alternative.
'Puffing Billy' and the Prize 'Rocket' | Helen Cross KnightHe built a third, and ran it on the tramroad that passed by old Bob Stephenson's cottage door.
'Puffing Billy' and the Prize 'Rocket' | Helen Cross Knight
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