tollgate

English

Etymology

From toll +‎ gate.

Noun

tollgate (plural tollgates)

A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
Synonym: tollbar
- 2019, Marsha R. Robinson, Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times, page 82:
  Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 收费站 (zh) (shōufèi zhàn)
Czech: mýtná brána f
Danish: bom (da)
French: barrière de péage
German: Schlagbaum (de) m, Gebührenschranke f
Greenlandic: bommi
Indonesian: gerbang tol
Irish: geata dola m, paidhc f
Italian: pedaggio (it), barriera (it) f
Korean: 요금소 (yogeumso), 톨게이트 (tolgeiteu)
Portuguese: pedágio (pt) m, barreira (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: geata-càine m, cachaileith-chìse f
Spanish: caseta de cobro f
Tagalog: barera (tl)

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