• (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth. • (n.) A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. • (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tollbooth/
Toll'booth` noun [ Toll a tax + booth .] [ Written also tolbooth .] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [ Obsolete] « He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth .» Wyclif (Mark ii. 14). 2. In Scotland, a... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/66