noun
- plural of tollhouse: buildings where tolls are collected from travelers using roads, bridges, or other transportation routes
Usage: historical
Examples
- The old tollhouses along the turnpike have been converted into museums.
- Historic tollhouses can still be seen on some European roads.
- The state maintained several tollhouses on the main highway.
- Many tollhouses were abandoned when toll collection became automated.
- The preserved tollhouses show how travelers paid fees in the 1800s.
- Tollhouses were typically small stone or wooden structures.