tolbooth
tolbooth · tolbooths
The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a…The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
Meaning
1 senses(Scotland)The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
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- a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls