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tramway

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tram⋅way

  [tram-wey]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1815–25; tram 1 + way 1

tram⋅line

  [tram-lahyn]
–noun British.
1. a streetcar system.
2. a streetcar route or track.
Also, tramway.

Origin:
1885–90; tram 1 + line 1
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tram·way   (trām'wā')   
n.  

  1. A track or way for trams, as in a mine.

  2. Chiefly British A streetcar line.

  3. A cable or system of cables for a cable car.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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