tramline

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Synonyms: ramline, trapline, trimline, streamline, trailing, tramping, tagline, trawling, ratline, frameline, trackline

Antonyms: ramline, trapline, trimline, streamline, trailing, tramping, tagline, trawling, ratline, frameline, trackline

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|railroading}} The [[rail]]s that a [[tram]] runs on.
2. {{lb|en|tennis|British}} Either of the two pairs of [[sideline]]s marked on a [[tennis court]] which mark the [[outside]] of the [[singles]] and [[doubles]] [[playing]] [[area]]s.
3. {{lb|en|film}} A [[scratch]] on a [[film]], usually [[vertical]], that extends through multiple [[frame]]s.
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[mark#Noun|mark]] or [[bruise#Noun|bruise]] having the shape of two [[parallel#Adjective|parallel]] [[line#Noun|lines]].
5. {{lb|en|lexicography|{{w|Oxford English Dictionary}} jargon}} A pair of [[vertical bar#Noun|vertical bars]] (||) placed to the left of the [[headword#Noun|headword]] in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the [[term#Noun|term]] is "[[alien#Adjective|alien]] or not fully [[naturalized#Adjective|naturalized]]" (such as a recent [[borrowing#Noun|borrowing]]).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|road transport}} Of a [[vehicle#Noun|vehicle]]: to [[tend]] to [[follow#Verb|follow]] the [[contour#Noun|contours]] of the [[ground#Noun|ground]] with its [[wheel#Noun|wheels]].

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