Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trolley"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trolley \Trol"ley\, Trolly \Trol"ly\, n.
(a) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying
railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.]
(b) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an
animal. [Eng.]
(c) (Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some
kinds of cranes.
(d) (Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed
conductors, and forms a means of connection between them
and a railway car.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trolley
n : a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
electricity: "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms"
[syn: {streetcar}, {tram}, {tramcar}, {trolley car}]
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