toll bar
noun
a barrier, especially a gate, across a road or bridge, where toll is collected.
Origin of toll bar
1First recorded in 1805–15
Words Nearby toll bar
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How to use toll bar in a sentence
Jack's keeper offered the right toll, but the toll-bar man would not take it.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 | VariousIt was a difference concerning twopence between the persons with the waggon and the man at the toll-bar.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas HardyBobby knew the pause at the toll-bar in the valley, and the mixed odors of many passing horses and men, there.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonHe had begun the ascent to the toll-bar when he heard the clatter of a cart and the pounding of hoofs behind him.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonThose at Rome occurred on a spot, to reach which many citizens had to cross a bridge with a toll bar on it.
Recollections of a Long Life | John Stoughton
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