Definition of Turnpike. Meaning of Turnpike. Synonyms of Turnpike

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Definition of Turnpike

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

Meaning of Turnpike from wikipedia

- Look up turnpike in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Turnpike often refers to: A type of gate, another word for a turnstile In the United States, a toll...
- Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's...
- The Turnpike Troubadours are an American country music band from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, founded in 2005. They started their own imprint, Bossier City Records...
- Pennsylvania Turnpike, sometimes shortened to Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road which is operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission...
- Central Turnpike or Central Toll Road may refer to: The Central Turnpike (M****achusetts), a former toll road leading from Wellesley, M****achusetts southwest...
- Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access toll roads in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The turnpike is maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority...
- The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor...
- Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the prin****l roads in Britain from...
- The Spaulding Turnpike is a 33.26-mile (53.53 km) controlled-access toll road in eastern New Hampshire. Its entire length is overlapped by New Hampshire...
- The Frederick E. Everett Turnpike, also called the Central New Hampshire Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of New Hampshire...