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Drehschranke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • turnpike noun A major road, especially one that charges a toll to drive on it.

Senses

Drehschranke is used for these senses in English:

  • turnpike 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.

turnpike — full definition

  1. noun A major road, especially one that charges a toll to drive on it.
  2. noun Historically, a barrier or gate across a road that was opened once a toll was paid.

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