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Turnpike Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Turnpike? [n] an expressway on which tolls are collected [n] (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid Synonyms \| Synonyms for Turnpike: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Turnpike: See Also \| expressway \| freeway \| gate \| motorway \| pike \| state highway \| superhighway \| throughway \| thruway Turnpike In Webster's Dictionary \Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See {Turnstile}, 1. I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson. 2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate. 3. A turnpike road. --De Foe. 4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.] {Turnpike man}, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. {Turnpike road}, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc. \Turn"pike`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turnpiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turnpiking}.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles.

Turnpike Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Turnpike?

[n] an expressway on which tolls are collected
[n] (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

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Turnpike In Webster's Dictionary

\Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.]
1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at
   right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the
   passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between
   the arms; a turnstile. See {Turnstile}, 1.

         I move upon my axle like a turnpike.  --B. Jonson.

2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages,
   animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for
   keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.

3. A turnpike road. --De Foe.

4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a
   cheval-de-frise. [R.]

{Turnpike man}, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.

{Turnpike road}, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are
   established by law, in order to collect from the users
   tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.


\Turn"pike`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turnpiked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Turnpiking}.]
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a
rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles.

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