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Turnpike
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)npaɪk/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Turnpike"
- 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,
- 3
A winding stairway.
- 4
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
- 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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