Synonyms for turnpike


Grammar : Noun
Spell : turn-pahyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜrnˌpaɪk


Définition of turnpike

Origin :
  • early 15c., "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (n.2) "shaft." Sense transferred to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop passage until a toll is paid" (1670s). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (1745).
  • noun highway
Example sentences :
  • The first American turnpike was built in Pennsylvania in 1790.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • The character he most loved to play was Crack, in the "Turnpike Gate."
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 » by Various
  • And I turned El Mahdi into the wooded road on the left of the turnpike.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • Presently Jud came down into the turnpike and shouted to me.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • No support, and no orders, and on the turnpike a bank of blue massing to rush my guns!
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • There were, however, two fair roads—the old Turnpike and the Plank Road.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He crossed the turnpike, he came down on the Dunkard church.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • On one turnpike there were sixty-five taverns in sixty miles.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Turning my horse's head, I rejoined my companion, and we rode on to the turnpike.
  • Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
  • He was found, as I have said, the next morning frozen to death on the turnpike road.
  • Extract from : « A Night in the Snow » by Rev. E. Donald Carr

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