[tohl-booth, -booth] 
[-booth
z, -booths] . | 1. | a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected. |
| 2. | Chiefly Scot. tolbooth. |
[tohl-booth, -booth] [-boothz, -booths] . Chiefly Scot. | 1. | a town jail. |
| 2. | a town hall or guild hall, esp. a place where tolls are paid. |
| tol·booth also toll·booth (tōl'bōōth') n. Scots A prison; a jail. [Middle English tolbothe, town hall containing customs offices and prison cells : tol, toll; see toll1 + bothe, booth; see booth.] |
| toll·booth 1 (tōl'bōōth') n. A booth where a toll is collected. Also called tollhouse. |
| toll·booth 2 (tōl'bōōth') n. Variant of tolbooth. |