trolley.
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
Meaning & usage
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
A streetcar or light train.
A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
Clipping of flatbed trolley.
A hand truck.
A soapbox car.
A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
A handcar.
Where this word comes from
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
To bring to by trolley.
To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).
Where this word comes from
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
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