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tramline🔊

(railroading) The rails that a tram runs on.

(British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.

(film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.

(medicine) A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.

📑 Synonyms: tram track

{{lb|en|lexicography|{{w|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).

(road transport) Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels.