Tollbooth — Defs

01 n. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.

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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.

02 v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth.

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To imprison in a tollbooth.[R.]
“That they might tollbooth Oxford men.” — Bp. Corbet.