Trolley

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     (e) A trolley car.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]