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

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Example Sentences

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tramline

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

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

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 Freeman Wills Crofts

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