01 n. 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 admit…
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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. See: Turnstile“I move upon my axle like a turnpike.” — B. Jonson.
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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.
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A turnpike road.
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A winding stairway.[Scot.]
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A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.(Mil.) [R.]
Phrases & compounds
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.