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disturnpike, v.|dɪsˈtɜːnpaɪk|
[dis- 7 b.]
trans. To free (a road) from turnpikes; to make no longer a turnpike-road. Hence disˈturnpiked ppl. a., disˈturnpiking vbl. n.
1872Daily News 26 June, On Monday next, 1st July, the remainder of the metropolis roads north of the Thames will be ‘disturnpiked.’ 1881Times 29 Mar. 9 The disturnpiking of main roads had seriously increased local burdens. 1882St. James' Gaz. 2 June, To maintain milestones on disturnpiked roads. 1883M. D. Chalmers Local Govt. 133 Until 1878, when a road was disturnpiked, it became an ordinary highway; but by the Act of that year it was provided that all roads disturnpiked after 1870 should be main roads. |