Tram

[Prov. Eng. tram, a train, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar. See TRAIN, and cf. O. Sw. trăm, trum, Prov. & O. Ger. tram, a beam. See Note under TRAM-ROAD.]

1Sense 1. A coal wagon used in some parts of England, especially at Newcastle.

2Sense 2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

3Sense 3. One of the rails or tracks of a tram-road.

[Sp. trama, weft.] A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft or cross threads of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. Simmonds.