tollgate

English

Etymology

From toll +‎ gate.

Noun

tollgate (plural tollgates)

1. 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: gardu tol (id)
• Irish: geata dola m, paidhc f
• Italian: pedaggio (it), barriera (it) f
• Korean: 요금소 (yogeumso), 톨게이트 (tolgeiteu)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: pedágio (pt) m, barreira (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: geata-càine m, cachaileith-chìse f
• Spanish: caseta de cobro f
• Tagalog: barera (tl)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can