tolbooth
or toll·booth
a town jail.
a town hall or guild hall, especially a place where tolls are paid.
Origin of tolbooth
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How to use tolbooth in a sentence
The marquis of Argyle beheaded at Edinburgh and his head set upon the tolbooth.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe market-place has lost its curious old tolbooth, and in its place stands a town hall of good Tudor design.
Yorkshire Painted And Described | Gordon HomeThe venerable tolbooth and Cross Steeples still look down upon a busy scene.
At the intersection were the Mercat Cross and the tolbooth, prison and council chamber in one.
His head was fixed on the top of the tolbooth, where the head of Montrose had formerly decayed.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for tolbooth
/ (ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, -ˌbuːð, ˈtɒl-) /
mainly Scot a town hall
a variant spelling of tollbooth
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