Found 2 items, similar to Tollbooth.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tollbooth
tollbooth
n : a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects
tolls [syn:
tolbooth,
tollhouse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tollbooth
Tollbooth
\Toll"booth`\, v. t.
To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]
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That they might tollbooth Oxford men. --Bp. Corbet.
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Tollbooth
\Toll"booth`\, n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also
tolbooth.]
1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or
toll. [Obs.]
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He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. --Wyclif
(Mark ii. 14).
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2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a
town jail. --Sir W. Scott.
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