turnpike ((v.))†

Hist.

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v. — Hist.

make in the manner of a turnpike road.

Quotations

1826

Many others are undergoing the same process, and several are prepared for it, by being first turnpiked and allowed time to settle.

1863

"I see they've turnpiked this road since I was on it before."

1927

The great public roads built by the Government were turnpiked.