turnpike
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)npaɪk/ sustantivo C1En español: autovía de peaje, autopista de peaje, carretera de peaje
- A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms.
- A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid.
- A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
- A toll road, especially a toll expressway. In some places the clipped version, pike, is used for roads without tolls.
- A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
Plural turnpikes
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Darcy’s sometimes coming there stopped her, and instead of entering the park, she turned up the lane which led her farther from the turnpike road.
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