tramlinen.

Forms: Also tram-line.

Etymology: < tram n.² 5 or 6 + line n.²: compare railway line.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtram-line.

1. A tramway; also, a tram-rail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars

street railway1828

tramway1860

tramline1886

trolley-road1895

beltline1898

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars > rail of

tram-rail1839

tramline1886

1886 A. J. C. Hare Story of my Life (1900) VI. xxiv. 9 We were taken back to the tram-line.

1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. ix The yellow sand scattered on slippery days along the tram~lines.

1896 Times 30 Sept. 7/6 Tenders are to be sent in..to the tramline's offices.

1905 Visct. Ridley in Daily Chron. 21 July 5/5 The Bill dealt with several new tramlines, three of which were uncontested and not very important.

2. transferred in plural. Either pair of parallel lines bordering the side of a lawn tennis court, the inner of each pair marking the boundary of the court for singles and the outer for doubles. Occasionally singular, one of this pair of lines. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court > parts of

baseline1875

centreline1882

runback1891

alley1904

cover1907

no man's land1931

tramline1937

ad court1946

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 906/1 Tram-lines, the 4½ ft. wide area on each side of a (doubles) lawn-tennis court: sporting: from ca. 1929. Esp. down the tram-lines, i.e. more or less straight along this strip of the court.

1959 Times 31 Aug. 12/1 It passed an inch outside the tram~line.

1978 G. Forbes Handful of Summers ix. 180 Cliff..hit a two-hander down Rodney's tramlines.

3. transferred and figurative. Chiefly plural, inflexible, predetermined or restrictive courses of action, principles, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility > action or principles

tramline1948

1948 D. Welch Brave & Cruel 68 I ran it [sc. a nail-brush] up and down his back until I'd made harsh red tramlines.

1955 H. Spring These Lovers fled Away iv. 113 One [obstacle] was..his addiction to social tram-lines. As things had been, they should, in a well-organised world, remain.

1967 Times Rev. Industry Oct. 60/2 Tramline thinking..delays improvement in the quality of the trade union movement itself.

1976 Listener 22 July 85/3 The government..is forced..more and more on to orthodox, predictable tramlines, and protestations that imagination, vision and radical policy must await more prosperous days.

1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere vii. 28 Most chief constables tend to run on tram-lines... They feel safer.

Derivatives

ˈtramlined adj. furnished with tramlines.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [adjective] > laid with rails > for tramcars

tramlined1924

1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xiii. 171 He stepped into the car and..drove at break-neck speed down the tram-lined hill.

1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 89 Tudor from the tram-lined town.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tramline
释义	tramlinen. Forms: Also tram-line. Etymology: < tram n.² 5 or 6 + line n.²: compare railway line.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtram-line. 1. A tramway; also, a tram-rail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars street railway1828 tramway1860 tramline1886 trolley-road1895 beltline1898 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun] > laid with rails > for tramcars > rail of tram-rail1839 tramline1886 1886 A. J. C. Hare Story of my Life (1900) VI. xxiv. 9 We were taken back to the tram-line. 1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. ix The yellow sand scattered on slippery days along the tram~lines. 1896 Times 30 Sept. 7/6 Tenders are to be sent in..to the tramline's offices. 1905 Visct. Ridley in Daily Chron. 21 July 5/5 The Bill dealt with several new tramlines, three of which were uncontested and not very important. 2. transferred in plural. Either pair of parallel lines bordering the side of a lawn tennis court, the inner of each pair marking the boundary of the court for singles and the outer for doubles. Occasionally singular, one of this pair of lines. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > court > parts of baseline1875 centreline1882 runback1891 alley1904 cover1907 no man's land1931 tramline1937 ad court1946 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 906/1 Tram-lines, the 4½ ft. wide area on each side of a (doubles) lawn-tennis court: sporting: from ca. 1929. Esp. down the tram-lines, i.e. more or less straight along this strip of the court. 1959 Times 31 Aug. 12/1 It passed an inch outside the tram~line. 1978 G. Forbes Handful of Summers ix. 180 Cliff..hit a two-hander down Rodney's tramlines. 3. transferred and figurative. Chiefly plural, inflexible, predetermined or restrictive courses of action, principles, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility > action or principles tramline1948 1948 D. Welch Brave & Cruel 68 I ran it [sc. a nail-brush] up and down his back until I'd made harsh red tramlines. 1955 H. Spring These Lovers fled Away iv. 113 One [obstacle] was..his addiction to social tram-lines. As things had been, they should, in a well-organised world, remain. 1967 Times Rev. Industry Oct. 60/2 Tramline thinking..delays improvement in the quality of the trade union movement itself. 1976 Listener 22 July 85/3 The government..is forced..more and more on to orthodox, predictable tramlines, and protestations that imagination, vision and radical policy must await more prosperous days. 1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere vii. 28 Most chief constables tend to run on tram-lines... They feel safer. Derivatives ˈtramlined adj. furnished with tramlines. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [adjective] > laid with rails > for tramcars tramlined1924 1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xiii. 171 He stepped into the car and..drove at break-neck speed down the tram-lined hill. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 89 Tudor from the tram-lined town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1886
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