About The Word Turnpike
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Turnpike
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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. |
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