Tramming

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The operation of adjusting the spindle of a millstone to bring it exactly perpendicular with the face of the bedstone. When so adjusted it is said to be in tram; when inclined to the face it is out of tram.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of forming trams. See 2d tram.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of tram.
  • Word Usage
    "At twenty minutes past midnight last night, a tramming team leader at the Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine was killed when he was crushed between a side wall and a locomotive."
    variant
    tram  
    verb-stem
    tram