tramroad

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tramroad. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tramroad, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tramroad in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tramroad you have here. The definition of the word tramroad will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftramroad, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From tram +‎ road.

Noun

tramroad (plural tramroads)

  1. A road designed for use by trams or wagons.
    • 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash‎:
      About two hundred and fifty years ago, some genius, as unknown as the inventor of the lathe, laid the first wooden tramroad, to enable a horse to draw forty-two cwt. instead of seventeen.
    • 1926, James A.H. Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume X, part I, page 248, column 1:
      It is not improbable that, in some locality where tram-roads were a novelty, their name may have been associated in folk-etymology or by pre-scientific etymologers with that of the engineer.
    • 1939 July, Charles E. Lee, “Swannington: One-Time Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 4:
      Immediately to the west of Coleorton, an important system of tramroads was built in connection with the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia