From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson.
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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.
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3. A turnpike road. --De Foe.
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4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a
cheval-de-frise. [R.]
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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; to
throw into a rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 [syn: {turnpike},
{toll road}]
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