tollbooth
1Tollbooth — Toll booth , v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] [1913 Webster] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet. [1913 Webster] …
2Tollbooth — Toll booth , n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also tolbooth.] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14). [1913 Webster] 2. In… …
3tollbooth — (n.) early 14c., originally a tax collector s booth, from TOLL (Cf. toll) (n.) + BOOTH (Cf. booth) …
4tollbooth — ► NOUN 1) a roadside kiosk where tolls are paid. 2) Scottish archaic a town hall or town jail …
5tollbooth — [tōl′bo͞oth΄] n. 1. Now Chiefly Scot. a) a town hall b) a jail or prison ☆ 2. a booth at which tolls are collected, as at the entrance to a toll road …
6tollbooth — UK [ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ] / US [ˈtoʊlˌbuθ] noun [countable] Word forms tollbooth : singular tollbooth plural tollbooths a small building where drivers pay to use a particular bridge or road …
7tollbooth — noun Etymology: Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail, from tol, toll toll + bothe booth Date: 14th century a booth (as on a highway or bridge) where tolls are paid …
8Tollbooth Gallery — The Tollbooth Gallery is a public art project that bills itself as the World s Smallest Gallery dedicated to Wheat Paste and Video Fine Arts . It is a project of ArtRod, a nonprofit arts organization and is located in Tacoma, Washington, USA. The …
9tollbooth — /tohl boohth , boohdh /, n., pl. tollbooths / boohdhz , boohths /. 1. a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected. 2. Chiefly Scot. tolbooth. [1300 50; ME tolbothe. See TOLL1, BOOTH] * * * …
10tollbooth — noun Alternative spelling of toll booth …