Definition of turnpike

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Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

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Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) 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..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A turnpike road.
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.
Turnpike :: Turnpike (v. t.) To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road..
Pikeman :: Pikeman (n.) A keeper of a turnpike gate.
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A turnpike; a toll bar.
Turnstile :: Turnstile (n.) A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) 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..
Turnpiked :: Turnpiked (imp. & p. p.) of Turnpik.
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
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