tramline

[tram-lahyn]

noun

British.

1. a streetcar system.

2. a streetcar route or track.

tramline

/ ˈtræmˌlaɪn /

noun

1. Also called: tramway. (often plural) the tracks on which a tram runs

2. the route taken by a tram

3. (often plural) the outer markings along the sides of a tennis or badminton court

4. (plural) a set of guiding principles

Word History and Origins

Origin of tramline¹

First recorded in 1885–90; tram ¹ + line ¹

Example Sentences

In the final against Sinner, he hit an astonishing sliced smash that curved on to the tramlines, completely wrong-footing the Italian.

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Mills went for a quicker ball next. which was missed by Clark and his fourth was a slower ball right onto the tramline outside off stump.

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The tramlines are now set for the battles ahead, a member of the cabinet tells me.

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The boy had at least 19 so-called tramline wounds, indicative of having been caused by the bamboo cane Robinson admitted using.

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It will set the broad tramlines for the election choices.

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