tollbooth (tolboth)

[Also tolbooth; whanne Jhesus pa ide fro thennus, say a man, Petre wente agen to fishing, but Mathew not to his tolrie. Wyclif, Select Works (ed. Arnold), II. 138. Tolletan (tol'e-tan), a. [ME. Tolletane, His tables Tolletanes forth he brought Ful wel corrected, ne ther lakked nought. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 545. toll-free (töl'frē), a . Free from the obligation of paying toll or duty. A remi ion of the feefarm of their city to the extent of 507. a year, in order that all persons visiting York might J. Gairdner, Richard III., ii. be made toll - free. Behould the Teeth, which Toul - free grinde the food, From whence themselues do reap more grief then good. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. toll-gate (tol'gat), n. A gate where toll is taken; a toll-bar. It afforded a southern stranger a new kind of pleasure to travel so commodiously without the interruption of toll -gates. Johnson, Journey to Western Islands (Works, VIII. 211). toll-gatherer (tol'gari"er-er), n. [ tol gadere ; toll + gatherer .] One who collects tolls or duties. Matheu, that was of Judee,... fro the office of a tol Wyclif , Prol. to Mat. Toll -gatherers are ever ready to search and exact sound Sir T. Herbert , Travels (ed. 1638), p. 36. toll-hallt (tol'hal), n. [Early mod. E. also tole gaderer... was clepid to God. tribute. custom, A. V.; at the place of toll, R. V.]. Wyclif , Mat. ix. 9. 2. A town jail: so called with reference to the fact that the tollbooth or temporary hut of boards erected in fairs and markets, in which the customs or duties were collected, was often used as a place of confinement or detention for such as did not pay, or were chargeable with some breach of the law in buying or selling; hence, any prison. The Maior refused to give them the keys of the Toll booth or town-prison. Fuller , Hist. Cambridge, vii. 25. ( Davies .) Adjacent to the tolbooth , or city jail of Edinburgh, is one of three churches into which the cathedral of St. Giles is now divided, called, from its vicinity, the Tolbooth Church. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, ii. 3. A town hall. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] tollbooth (tōl'böth), v. t. [ The Toll Collector [of Chepping Wycombe] is appointed by the common council, during pleasure, to receive the tolls and stallage of the market and fair, and the quit-rents of the corporation. Municip . Corp. Report , 1835, p. 43. 2. A counter or registering device to indicate the number of persons pa ing a turnstile.3. In a grain-mill, a device attached to the feed to take out the toll, or miller's compensation. E. H. Knight. toll-corn (tol'kôrn), n. Corn taken at a mill in payment for grinding.