turnpike
turn pahyk
- 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
- Further, the trooper (whose name happened to be Peter Freelove) led the convoy to the nearest turnpike exit, where each driver was obliged to pay a $10 fine plus $5 costs.
- In Boston, where turnpike use declined by 600,000 cars in May, officials are pleading with public-transit passengers to travel at nonpeak times.
- Even before its formal opening, the Ohio Turnpike held records.