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Turnstile   Listen
noun
Turnstile  n.  
1.
A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
2.
A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.





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"Turnstile" Quotes from Famous Books



... entrance by a difference of opinion between the keeper of the turnstile and a small but resolute boy of perhaps five or six who proposed to leave the enclosure. The custodian thought that it would be better if his nurse or his mother ...
— The Secret Places of the Heart • H. G. Wells
... come with Chris. He's so cross and disagreeable, it's no fun to be with him; but I could no more find my way back through all those twists and turns than fly. I suppose I must keep with him now," and he went through the turnstile and caught up his friend, who had grown tired of waiting and had ...
— Archie's Mistake • G. E. Wyatt
... into a crowded hall, and he discovered the cause of the noise that had perplexed him. They paused at a turnstile at which a ...
— The Sleeper Awakes - A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes • H.G. Wells


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