toll bar

noun

1. a barrier, especially a gate, across a road or bridge, where toll is collected.

Word History and Origins

Origin of toll bar¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Jack's keeper offered the right toll, but the toll-bar man would not take it.

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It was a difference concerning twopence between the persons with the waggon and the man at the toll-bar.

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Bobby knew the pause at the toll-bar in the valley, and the mixed odors of many passing horses and men, there.

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He had begun the ascent to the toll-bar when he heard the clatter of a cart and the pounding of hoofs behind him.

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Those at Rome occurred on a spot, to reach which many citizens had to cross a bridge with a toll bar on it.

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