tramway

tramway
/tram"way'/, n.
1. a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2. Brit. 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.
[1815-25; TRAM1 + WAY1]

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