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What is the name of the type of barrier used mid 16th and 19th centuries across the road to stop passage until a toll was paid?
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A pike.
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Why are some roads called 'pike' instead of 'road' or 'drive'?
Looking at the etymology of "pike", we see that it originally came from "turnpike", meaning a toll road. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: turnpike c.1420, "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (2) "shaft." Sense transf. to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1547), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop passage until a toll is paid" (1678). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (1745). So turnpikes, or pikes, were originally roads with barriers (now tolls), whereas a road or a drive can be any kind of road/street.
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