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turnpike+(road)

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  • Turnpike road — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turnpike road — noun see turnpike I, 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Turnpike trusts in the United Kingdom — were bodies set up by Act of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways in Britain during the eighteenth century and nineteenth century. At the peak in the 1830s, over 1000 trusts [ Parliamentary Papers …   Wikipedia

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Turnpike man — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turnpike — (n.) early 15c., spiked road barrier used for defense, from TURN (Cf. turn) + PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2) shaft. Sense transferred to horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led …   Etymology dictionary

  • turnpike — /ˈtɜnpaɪk / (say ternpuyk) noun 1. (formerly) a. a barrier set across a road to stop passage until toll was paid; tollgate. b. a road on which a turnpike operated. 2. US a road for fast traffic, especially one maintained by tolls. {late Middle… …  

  • turnpike — turn|pike [ˈtə:npaık US ˈtə:rn ] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: turnpike road (18 20 centuries), from turnpike turning post with sharp points fixed into it, used to control movement past it (15 18 centuries), from turn + PIKE4] AmE a large road for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • turnpike corporation — A private corporation engaged in operating a turnpike or toll road. turnpike road. Same as turnpike …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • turnpike — /terrn puyk /, n. 1. a high speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls. 2. (formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate. [1375 1425; late ME turnepike road barrier (in def. 1, short for… …   Universalium

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