turnpike
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1. turnpike - Noun
2. turnpike - Verb
Meaning
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.
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.
A turnpike road.
A winding stairway.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
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"2d Jury Here Begins Weighing Chesimard Bank-Robbery Case", The New York Times, p. 24. Turnpike shootout mistrial The Turnpike shootout proceedings continued with Judge John E. Bachman in Middlesex County.
Although by now it was 3 p.m., Jackson decided to march his men two miles farther and turn right on the Turnpike instead, allowing him to strike the unprotected flank directly.
“ A good horse on an ordinary turnpike road can draw two thousand pounds, or one ton.
After all, who paid a few bucks to drive on the turnpike now and then?
A stone marker located on the north side of Jericho Turnpike (NY Route 25), between Marcus Avenue and Herricks Road, identifies the site.
Built in the early 19th century, it had been used as an inn on the turnpike for many years, but now served as a home for the Frances Chancellor family.