tolsey

English

Noun

tolsey (plural tolseys)

(obsolete) A tollbooth.
(obsolete) A merchants' meeting place or exchange.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tolsey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

oylets, toyles, tylose

Middle English

Alternative forms

tolsell, tolseld, tollseld

Etymology

From toll (“toll”) +‎ selde (“store”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔlzɛi̯/

Noun

tolsey

A trading facility for merchants.
A courtroom.

Descendants

English: tolsey

References

“tol-sel (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

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