A road on which turnpikes are or were erected for the collection of tolls; hence, a main road or highway, formerly maintained by a toll levied on…
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > main or major road > turnpike or toll-road (17) turnpike road1745 A road on which turnpikes are or were erected for the collection of tolls; hence, a main road or highway, formerly maintained by a toll levied on… turnpike1748 Elliptical for turnpike road, n.; also fig. Now Hist. exc. U.S. trust road1787 a road administered by a turnpike trust. pike1812 Chiefly North American colloquial. A road on which a toll is collected at a toll gate; = turnpike, n. 5a. Now also more generally: any highway or… toll-road1825 a road maintained by tolls, a turnpike road (now chiefly U.S.). pike road1838 tollway1955 a highway for the use of which a charge is made. péage1973 In France: a section of autoroute on which toll must be paid; a gate or barrier at which motorists pay the toll. Subcategories:— barrier on (8) — road constructed to evade (1) |
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