'Turnpike man' definitions:
Definition of 'Turnpike man'
From: GCIDE
- Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A turnpike road. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.
- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc. [1913 Webster]