tramway

tramway [tram-wey] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2. British. tramline.
3. Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage.
4. Also called aerial railway, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway. a system for hauling passengers and freight in vehicles suspended from a cable or cables supported by a series of towers, hangers, or the like: used over canyons, between mountain peaks, etc.

Origin of tramway First recorded in 1815–25; tram1 + way1 Examples from the Web for tramway Historical Examples of tramway

He broke down, however, ignominiously in his attempts with the tramway fish-horns.

Aztec Land

Maturin M. Ballou

From Nice to Cannes, the tramway is inland from the railway.

Riviera Towns

Herbert Adams Gibbons

There was a tramway along the passage, for small wagons or cars to run on.

Taking Tales

W.H.G. Kingston

It drew on a tramway a load of ten tons at the rate of five miles an hour.

The Iron Horse

R.M. Ballantyne

Like most dumps, it was at the end of the tramway and none too healthy a spot.

Q.6.a and Other places

Francis Buckley

British Dictionary definitions for tramway tramway noun

1. another name for tramline (def. 1)
2. British
   1. a public transportation system using trams
   2. the company owning or running such a system
3. Also called (esp US): tramroad a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry