disturnpike, v.
(dɪsˈtɜːnpaɪk)
[dis- 7 b.]
trans. To free (a road) from turnpikes; to make no longer a turnpike-road. Hence disˈturnpiked ppl. a., disˈturnpiking vbl. n.
| 1872 Daily News 26 June, On Monday next, 1st July, the remainder of the metropolis roads north of the Thames will be ‘disturnpiked.’ 1881 Times 29 Mar. 9 The disturnpiking of main roads had seriously increased local burdens. 1882 St. James' Gaz. 2 June, To maintain milestones on disturnpiked roads. 1883 M. D. Chalmers Local Govt. 133 Until 1878, when a road was disturnpiked, it became an ordinary highway; but by the Act of that year it was provided that all roads disturnpiked after 1870 should be main roads. |