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Tollbooth

Tōl’booth, n.

noun

n. A prison or jail; particularly, a prison in Edinburgh. See TOLLBOOTH.

He was hurried off, and committed to Lord Scoon, to be imprisoned for declining the king's authority. Scoon, who seems to have taken a malicious pleasure in performing such services, was conducting his prisoner along the street, when some one asked, “Where away with that man, my lord?” “First to the tolbooth, and then to the gallows,” said Scoon.

Tōll'booth, n.

noun

n. [From toll and booth; Icel. toll-bûd, Sw. tullbod, Dan. toldbooth.] [Written also toll-booth.]

A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.]
A prison. See TOLBOOTH. W. Scott.

Tōl'booth, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth.