tramload

English

Etymology

tram +‎ load

Noun

tramload (plural tramloads)

  1. Enough to fill a tram.
    • 1914 June, James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
      I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.

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