tram-car
(ˈtræmkɑː(r))
[f. tram n.2 III. + car.]
A public car or carriage running on a tram-way for the conveyance of passengers; called earlier tramway car, and already in 1879 simply tram (tram n.2 6). tram-carriage (tram n.2 8) is cited 1868.
| 1873 Engineer 28 Nov. 353 A trial of Grantham's steam tram car. 1876 Ibid. 26 May 400 A heavy vehicle such as an omnibus or a tram car. 1879 Trans. Soc. Engineers 195 The Italian tram cars enabled him to see nearly the whole of the city of Turin for..sixpence. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius xiii, The ceaseless ring of the tram-cars stopping every few steps to pick up a passenger. 1905 R. Bagot Passport iii, In a quiet and secluded position..undisturbed by the noise of the tram-cars. |
| attrib. 1880 Proc. Inst. Mech. Engin. 199 The flange of a tramcar wheel. |