tramline
Americannoun
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a streetcar system.
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a streetcar route or track.
noun
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Also called: tramway. (often plural) the tracks on which a tram runs
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the route taken by a tram
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(often plural) the outer markings along the sides of a tennis or badminton court
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(plural) a set of guiding principles
Etymology
Origin of tramline
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
Then there is a massive shootout while Six is handcuffed to a bench, and an exciting, extended chase scene on a tramline that may be the film's pièce de résistance.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2022
Pisgat Ze’ev is the last stop on the Jerusalem tramline, Beit Hanina the second-to-last.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2017
“The tramline is now submerged in the concrete jungle of the city,” said the Hong Kong artist Kingsley Ng, who sees the trams as a kind of time capsule of local history.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2017
There was a wooden spigot tap in the side of the tun at floor level, and the tramline ran beneath this so that the wheeled kegs could be pushed below it and filled.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
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