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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A turnpike road. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A winding stairway. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. an expressway on which tolls are collected Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n:100 n. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid n. an expressway on which tolls are collected Source: ecdict

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