tramme

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French traime, traimme, trame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtram(ə)/

Noun

tramme (plural trammes) (especially Northern)

  1. A device, machine, or contrivance
  2. (figuratively) A strategy or machination.

Descendants

  • English: tram
  • Middle Scots: tram, tramme
  • Yola: thraame, thraume

References

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