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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

TURNPIKE

noun
Etymology: Middle English turnepike revolving frame bearing spikes and serving as a barrier, from turnen to turn + pike
Date: 1678
tollgate ,

2. a. a road (as an expressway) for the use of which tolls are collected, a road formerly maintained as a turnpike, a main road