tramline

== English == === Alternative forms === tram line === Etymology === From tram +‎ line. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹæmlaɪn/ === Noun === tramline (plural tramlines) (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on. (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. (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. Synonym: tram track (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). ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (tennis): alley === Verb === tramline (third-person singular simple present tramlines, present participle tramlining, simple past and past participle tramlined) (intransitive, road transport) Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels. Synonym: nibble === Anagrams === terminal, trailmen