Thesaurus: tollbooth

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1. n. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.
2. n. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail.
3. v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth.
4. n. a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
5. 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14). 2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.
6. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.
7. n:100 n. a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls