from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]