checkpoint

[ chek-point ]

/ ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt /

a place along a road, border, etc., where travelers are stopped for inspection.

a point or item, especially in a procedure, for notation, inspection, or confirmation.

Origin of checkpoint

First recorded in 1935–40; check¹ + point

After finishing breakfast, we pile back into the truck and head toward the checkpoint.

Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley |Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her arrest came at a checkpoint in Damascus in June 2013, when soldiers spotted an audio recorder in her bag.

Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story |Jamie Dettmer |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The first checkpoint was decked out in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag and just inside the city limits.

On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines |Ted Phillips |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The bus is waved along past this checkpoint and another as well.

On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines |Ted Phillips |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Leaving Donetsk, the bus is stopped at a checkpoint just inside the city line.

On the Bus: Ukraine’s Frontline Express Across the Battle Lines |Ted Phillips |September 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Let them hire a billion pigs and put a checkpoint on every corner.

Little Brother |Cory Doctorow
And a checkpoint implied that the ship was searched for escaped prisoners.

The Status Civilization |Robert Sheckley
And he had to think about what was going to happen at the checkpoint, and what he would do about it.

The Status Civilization |Robert Sheckley
Their lives were spent on the checkpoint, except for periods of service on the prison ship.

The Status Civilization |Robert Sheckley
It isn't a bad life at the checkpoint, but I'd rather go back to Earth.

The Status Civilization |Robert Sheckley

checkpoint

/ (ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt) /

a place, as at a frontier or in a motor rally, where vehicles or travellers are stopped for official identification, inspection, etc