tolbooth

[ tohl-booth, -booth ]

/ ˈtoʊlˌbuθ, -ˌbuð /

a town jail.

a town hall or guild hall, especially a place where tolls are paid.

Origin of tolbooth

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at tollbooth

tokyo bay, tola, tolan, toland, tolar, tolbooth, tolbutamide, tolbutamide test, told, tole, toledo

He lost all his wealth by heavy fines, and, after imprisonment in the Castle and in the Tolbooth, died in 1648.

Edinburgh |Rosaline Masson
The Tolbooth was broken open, and Porteous hanged to a barber's pole, all with the greatest order and regularity.

A History of England, Period III. |Rev. J. Franck Bright
The latter was taken easily enough, and clapped into the Tolbooth.

Claverhouse |Mowbray Morris
Ian Rullock, after lying two months in the tolbooth, has escaped.

Foes |Mary Johnston

Two or three others were killed, and some (taken prisoners) had to Edinburgh, and cast into irons in the tolbooth.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) |Walter Scott

tolbooth

/ (ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, -ˌbuːð, ˈtɒl-) /

mainly Scot a town hall

a variant spelling of tollbooth