turnstile
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3ADJ.
paying
VERB + TURNSTILE
caught, hop
PREP.
on, without
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noun
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station.
A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.
The ⊢ symbol used to represent logical entailment (deducibility relation), especially of the syntactic type; i.e., syntactic consequence. (Such symbol can be read as "prove(s)" or "give(s)". )
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4The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station.
WiktionaryAs he was walking toward the train, his bag got caught on the turnstile.
Tatoeba · #9243500Tom tried to hop the turnstile without paying.
Tatoeba · #11207492This turnstile doesn't work.
Tatoeba · #12331416