Tramroad
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A road designed for use by trams or wagons.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From tram + road.
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