Word Meaning

turnpike definition and meaning

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.
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.
n. A turnpike road.
n. A winding stairway.
n. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
v. t. To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

Crossword clues for turnpike

- Major artery