tolbooth

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noun

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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Meanings

nountolbooth (plural tolbooths)

plural tolbooths

  1. ScotlandThe 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.
  2. archaicArchaic form of toll booth.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls

Similar
tollboothtollhouse
Broader
boothcubiclestall
Also see
tollhouse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

tolbooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolbooth

MLA

“tolbooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolbooth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tolbooth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolbooth.

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