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. [ 1913 Webster ] I move upon my axle like a turnpike. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A turnpike road. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A winding stairway. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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