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noun
1.
a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
2.
(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate.
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Word Origin & History
turnpike
c.1420, "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (2) "shaft." Sense transf. to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1547), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop
EXPANDpassage until a toll is paid" (1678). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (1745).
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