n.
1 Brit. an electrically-powered passenger vehicle running on rails laid in a public road.
2 a four-wheeled vehicle used in coal-mines.
Phrases and idioms:
tram-road hist. a road with wooden, stone, or metal wheel-tracks.
Etymology: MLG & MDu. trame balk, beam, barrow-shaft
2.
n. (in full tram silk) double silk thread used for the weft of some velvets and silks.
Etymology: F trame f. L trama weft
Useful english dictionary. 2012.