Turnpike

·noun A turnpike road.

II. Turnpike ·noun A winding stairway.

III. Turnpike ·noun A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.

IV. Turnpike ·vt To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

V. Turnpike ·noun 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.

VI. Turnpike ·noun 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.