tollgate

[ tohl-geyt ]

/ ˈtoʊlˌgeɪt /

a gate where a toll is collected.

Origin of tollgate

First recorded in 1765–75; toll¹ + gate¹

She also opened her eyes at our question, and said the distance to the tollgate was eight miles.

Continental Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 4 |Various
At a tollgate the aide drew rein, leaned from his saddle, and struck against the door with a pistol butt.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston
Allan Gold, teaching the school on Thunder Run, lodged at the tollgate halfway down the mountain.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston
Towards evening I arrived at a very small and pretty village in the middle of which was a tollgate.

Wild Wales |George Borrow

Passing through a tollgate I found myself in a kind of suburb consisting of a few cottages.

Wild Wales |George Borrow

tollgate

/ (ˈtəʊlˌɡeɪt, ˈtɒl-) /

a gate across a toll road or bridge at which travellers must stop and pay