TURNPIKE

turnpike

Noun

  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 animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
  2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid; a tollgate.
  3. A winding stairway.
  4. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
  5. A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
  6. A road that was formerly a toll road.

Verb

  1. To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.


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