What is "turnpike man"

Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.]

1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.

   I move upon my axle like a turnpike.
   --B. Jonson.

2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.

3. A turnpike road.
   --De Foe.

4. A winding stairway. [Scot.]
   --Sir W. Scott.

5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.]

   Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.

   Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.