tramme

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === traimme, tram, trame, traume === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French traime, traimme, trame. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtram(ə)/ === Noun === tramme (plural trammes) (especially Northern) A device, machine, or contrivance (figuratively) A strategy or machination. ==== Descendants ==== English: tram Middle Scots: tram, tramme Scots: tram, traum Yola: thraame, thraume ==== References ==== “tram(me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.