tolbooth

or toll·booth

[ tohl-booth, -booth ]

noun,plural tol·booths [tohl-boothz, -booths]. /ˈtoʊlˌbuðz, -ˌbuθs/. Chiefly Scot.
  1. a town jail.

  2. a town hall or guild hall, especially a place where tolls are paid.

Origin of tolbooth

1
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at tollbooth

Words Nearby tolbooth

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British Dictionary definitions for tolbooth

tolbooth

/ (ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, -ˌbuːð, ˈtɒl-) /


noun
  1. mainly Scot a town hall

  2. a variant spelling of tollbooth

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