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turnpike

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Turnpike  \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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Turnpike  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  turnpike 
  n  1:  (from  16th  to  19th  centuries)  gates  set  across  a  road  to 
  prevent  passage  until  a  toll  had  been  paid 
  2:  an  expressway  on  which  tolls  are  collected




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