'Toll turn' definitions:

Definition of 'Toll turn'

From: GCIDE
  • Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.]
  • 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. [1913 Webster]
  • Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
  • Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
  • Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it.
  • Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
  • Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
  • Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
  • Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
  • Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. --Brande & C.
  • Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another.
  • Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost. [1913 Webster]