English-Thai Dictionary

turnpike

N ด่าน เก็บเงิน บำรุง ถนน  dan-kab-ngen-bam-rung-ta-non

 

turnpike

N ถนน สำหรับ รถยนต์ ที่ วิ่ง ด้วย ความเร็ว สูง  t-non-sam-rab-rod-yon-ti-wing-duai-kwam-reo-sung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TURNPIKE

n.[turn and pike. ] Strictly, a frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles, and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of breasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms. 1. A gate set across a road to stop travelers and carriages till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair.
2. A turnpike road.
3. In military affairs, a beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage.

 

TURNPIKE

v.t.To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw the path of a road into a rounded form.

 

TURNPIKE-ROAD

n.A road on which turnpikes or toll-gates are established by law, and which are made and kept in repair by the toll collected from travelers or passengers who use the road.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TURNPIKE

Turn "pike `, n. Etym: [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.I move upon my axle like a turnpike. B. Jonson.

 

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.

 

3. A turnpike road. De Foe.

 

4. A winding stairway. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

 

5. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de- frise. [R.] 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.

 

TURNPIKE

Turn "pike `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked; p. pr. & vb. n.Turnpiking.]

 

Defn: To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

turnpike

turn pike |ˈtərnˌpīk ˈtərnˌpaɪk | ▶noun 1 an expressway, esp. one on which a toll is charged. • historical a toll gate. • (also turnpike road ) historical a road on which a toll was collected at such a gate. 2 historical a spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defense against sudden attack.

 

Oxford Dictionary

turnpike

turn |pike |ˈtəːnpʌɪk | ▶noun 1 historical a toll gate. • (also turnpike road ) a road on which a toll was collected at a toll gate. • US a motorway on which a toll is charged. 2 historical a spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defence against sudden attack.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

turnpike

turn pike /tə́ː r npàɪk /名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠(高速 )有料道路 (turnpike road ).2 通行料徴収所 (tollgate ).