Tramline

Quick meaning: Tramline is a noun meaning (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.

Meaning

(rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.

More Meanings

1. (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
2. (medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
3. (intransitive, road transport) Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels.
4. (tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
5. (lexicography, Oxford English Dictionary jargon) A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).

Example Sentences

a tramline scar

The well-reported "tramlines" or parallel punctate scars on either side of the vein were seen in only four patients.

The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch is on the base (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus.

Word Forms

• tramlines
• tram line
• tramlining
• tramlined

Synonyms for tramline

Depending on context, synonyms include nibble, tramway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tramway, tramrail, track, rail track, tramroad, tram-train.

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