turnpike

noun

1. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

Definition categories: man–made, gate

2. an expressway on which tolls are collected

Definition categories: man–made, expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, superhighway, throughway, thruway

verb

1. To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.