turnpiker (0 synonym found)
Definition of turnpiker:

(n) : (chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
(n) : A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid.
(n) : 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.
(n) : (military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
(n) : (Scotland) A winding stairway.
(n) : (mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
Definition of turnpiker:

(n) : (chiefly US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
(n) : A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid.
(n) : 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.
(n) : (military) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
(n) : (Scotland) A winding stairway.
(n) : (mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.
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