Tollbooth
Pronunciation : Toll"booth`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Toll a tax + booth.]
Definition : 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14).
2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Toll"booth`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913