tramline

American  

[tram-lahyn] / ˈtræmˌlaɪn /

noun

British.

1. a streetcar system.

2. a streetcar route or track.

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tramline British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of tramline

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

Example Sentences

Dominating the view through the floor-to-ceiling windows, across a dual carriageway and tramline, is a vast sports complex, with two 4G football pitches.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

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

Thus reassured, we walked across the Geneva-bound tramline to the control room of the Atlas detector, one of the two detectors that discovered the Higgs boson.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

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 storm had struck the overhead wire of the tramline, and one of the great supports had fallen.

From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)