- a barrier, especially a gate, across a road or bridge, where toll is collected.
Origin of toll bar
First recorded in 1805–15
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Examples from the Web for toll bar
Even at the toll-bar on the way you can buy guide-books, as well as ginger-beer.A Month in Yorkshire
But, Master Willie, after that night I never cared for keeping the toll-bar.
They did so; he was caught in a field opposite to where the toll-bar of Ashford stood, and there instantly hanged.Bygone Punishments
We went along merrily till we came to the toll-bar and the low wooden bridge.Black Beauty
Bobby knew the pause at the toll-bar in the valley, and the mixed odors of many passing horses and men, there.Greyfriars Bobby