tramlines

There sprawls Seth, his shirt stained with tramlines of sweat.

Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

My eyes are drawn up the tramlines of spring-sown wheat.

Country diary: Bedfordshire 2011

The "tramlines" of its sundry cracks and the "net" of its rough rock that so effectively bars the way, are now, I am told, scoured clean by the elements.

Country diary: Lake District 2011

A wayward backhand drifting into the tramlines provided a low-key conclusion to a campaign that fell short yet again.

Rafael Nadal beats adventurous Andy Murray to reach US Open final | Kevin Mitchell 2011

In 1912 they produced three prototype cars for the company – the sills of the doors were only about 8 inches from street level and once inside the floor sloped up into each saloon to give space under the floor for the bogies – and by 1914, tramlines throughout the world were equipped with “Hobble Skirt” cars.

The Hobble Skirt | Edwardian Promenade 2009

There sprawls Seth, his shirt stained with tramlines of sweat.

Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

Once he sprinted for a ball way beyond the tramlines and caught it so perfectly that it hurtled past Malisse with an angle-defying change of direction.

Andy Murray sees off Xavier Malisse to progress in Canada Masters 2010

But the German is unable to maintain this mini revival, pounding a backhand into the tramlines as Henin again edges ahead.

Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 23 June Xan Brooks at Wimbledon 2010

Murray wins the first set 7-5 Hajek races out to a 40-0 lead before seeming to have an attack of the yips, patting a forehand into the tramlines on the right before double-faulting to give Murray a way back into the game.

Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray v Jan Hajek - as it happened Paolo Bandini at Wimbledon 2010

Mis-hits that clear the tramlines by a couple of yards are not the shots a rising prospect should be happy with, and a whopping 34 mistakes on the forehand – out of a total of 89 in the short match – did for her in the end.

Hobbling Kimiko Date Krumm leads charge of old brigade to beat Safina Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros 2010