turnpike

noun

A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates.

noun

A tollgate.

noun

A frame of pikes or pointed bars, a kind of revolving cheval-de-frise, set in a narrow passage to obstruct the progress of an enemy.

noun

A turnstile.

noun

A gate set across a road, in order to stop carriages, wagons, etc., and sometimes foot-travelers, till toll is paid; a toll-bar; a toll-gate.

noun

A turnpike road.

noun

A turnpike-stair.

transitive verb

To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

noun

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.

noun

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.