单词 | toll-bar |
释义 | > as lemmastoll-bar toll-bar n. [bar n.1] a barrier (usually a gate) across a road or bridge, where toll is taken; in Scotland formerly often applied to the toll-collector's house. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > toll-barrier bar1540 turnpike1678 sidebar1760 toll-gate1773 barrier1804 toll-bar1813 pike1820 octroi1861 pay wicket1895 péage1973 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > across a road > at which tolls collected toll-bar1813 pike1820 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > main or major road > turnpike or toll-road > barrier on turnpike1678 toll-gate1773 toll-bar1813 péage1973 1813 Examiner 19 Apr. 243/1 The only light..was that shed by the toll-bar lamp. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Toll-bar, a turnpike. [Toll-bar in Calr. Inq. P.M. V. 389, in a docmt. of 1315 is a misreading.] 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxxvii [He] trotted across the bridge,..and was speedily brought up at a toll-bar on the far side. < as lemmas |
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