tolbooth nel dizionario italiano Oxford-Paravia

Traduzioni di tolbooth nel dizionario inglese»italiano

tolbooth [ingl brit ˈtəʊlbuːð, ingl am ˈtoʊlˌbuθ]

tolbooth → tollbooth

Vedi anche: tollbooth

tollbooth [ingl brit ˈtəʊlbuːð, ingl am ˈtoʊlˌbuθ] SOST (on toll road)

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Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

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Frank meets the stranger, who conveys him to the tolbooth (jail), which they enter without being challenged.

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By the 18th century, the term tolbooth had become closely associated with prison, and the term town house became more common to denote the municipal buildings.

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The tolbooth usually provided a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail.

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The tolbooth developed into a central building providing for all these functions.

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A tolbooth (prison) stood on the site, where executions used to take place.

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