tram 1 (tr m)n. 1. Chiefly British a. A streetcar. b. A streetcar line. 2. A cable car, especially one suspended from an overhead cable. 3. A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or iron car run on tracks in a coal mine. tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams To move or convey in a tram. [Scots, shaft of a barrow, probably from Middle Flemish.] |
| tram 2 (trm) n. 1. An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel. 2. Accurate mechanical adjustment: The device is in tram. tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel. [Short for trammel.] |
| tram 3 (trm) n. A heavy silk thread used for the weft, or cross threads, in fine velvet or silk. [Middle English, contrivance, from Old French traime, contrivance, weft, from Latin tr  ma, weft, woof.] |
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