disturnpikev.
/dɪsˈtəːnpʌɪk/ transitive. To free (a road) from turnpikes; to make no longer a turnpike-road.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [verb (transitive)] > convert to specific type of road > free (a road) from turnpikes
disturnpike1872
1872 Daily News 26 June On Monday next, 1st July, the remainder of the metropolis roads north of the Thames will be ‘disturnpiked.’
1883 M. 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.
Derivatives
disˈturnpiked adj.
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1882 St. James's Gaz. 2 June To maintain milestones on disturnpiked roads.
disˈturnpiking n.
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1881 Times 29 Mar. 9 The disturnpiking of main roads had seriously increased local burdens.
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