tramway Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
    tram; aerial tramway; ropeway; cable tramway.
  2. noun the track on which trams or streetcars run
    tramline; streetcar track.

WordNet


Tram"way` noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Tramroad.
  2. A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad. now also for motor-propelled trams.

Webster 1913