- Tolbooth
- the town prison, often consisting of cells below and the town hall above. The most famous Tolbooth was the one in Edinburgh. The original name for the Edinburgh Tolbooth was
Scottish slang . 2013.
Tolbooth
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Tolbooth — or tollbooth may mean several things: * Places for the collection of payment at toll roads or customs. * Historical Scottish term for places where councils met (some of which contained prison cells underneath). Especially well known among them… … Wikipedia
Tolbooth — Tol booth , n. See {Tollbooth}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tolbooth — [tōl′bo͞oth΄] n. [ME tolbothe, booth where toll is collected: see TOLL1 & BOOTH] alt. sp. of TOLLBOOTH … English World dictionary
tolbooth — var. of TOLLBOOTH. * * * noun a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls • Syn: ↑tollbooth, ↑tollhouse • Hypernyms: ↑booth, ↑cubicle, ↑stall, ↑kiosk • Part Holonyms … Useful english dictionary
tolbooth — obsolete Scottish a prison Originally, the Town Hall, where tolls were paid. The jail was often in the same building: How many gypsies were sent to the tolbooth? (W. Scott, 1815) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
tolbooth — noun Etymology: Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail Date: 15th century 1. Scottish a town or market hall 2. Scottish jail, prison … New Collegiate Dictionary
tolbooth — /tohl boohth , boohdh /, n., pl. tolbooths / boohdhz , boohths /. 1. Chiefly Scot. 2. a town jail. 3. a town hall or guild hall, esp. a place where tolls are paid. Also tollbooth. [1300 50; ME; see TOLLBOOTH] * * * … Universalium
tolbooth — noun variant spelling of tollbooth … English new terms dictionary
tolbooth — n. [Scotland. Written also Tollbooth.] Prison, jail … New dictionary of synonyms
tolbooth — tol•booth [[t]ˈtoʊlˌbuθ, ˌbuð[/t]] n. pl. booths [[t] ˌbuðz, ˌbuθs[/t]] Scot. 1) scot. a town jail 2) scot. a town hall or guild hall, esp. a place where tolls are paid • Etymology: 1300–50; ME; see tollbooth … From formal English to slang
