Meaning of tramline | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The rails that a tram runs on.
2. Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
   British
3. A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
4. A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
5. A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).

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Examples

“The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch⟳ is on the base⟳ (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus⟳.”

“a tramline scar”

“The well-reported "tramlines" or parallel punctate scars on either side of the vein were seen in only four patients.”

“Those words that [James] Murray classified as denizens and aliens, as well as those casuals approaching these two prior categories, were marked by two parallel lines beside the headword (||), a symbol known by the in-house term tramline. Murray himself admitted to the inherent subjectivity of his method of classification, which unsurprisingly led to a number⟳ of inconsistencies in the use⟳ of tramlines, and may even have⟳ contributed to the patchiness of the OED's regional coverage that Weiner acknowledged many years later.”

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