Category:Turnpike

Turn"pike`, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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 Turn"pike`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Turnpiking.]

Defn: to form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a Rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles.