Also 7 thorough-. [See TOLL.] A toll or duty levied on persons, animals, or goods passing through certain places, esp. through a town or territory. Also, a toll that passes one through two or more turnpike gates.
1567–79. Expos. Termes Law, s.v. Tolle, Through tolle, is where a Towne prescribes to haue tol for euery beast that goeth through their towne.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit. (1637), 731. Bowes … where … the Earles of Richmond had … a certaine custome called Thorough-toll.
1611. Cotgr., Droict de Chemage, the passage-toll, or through-toll, thats taken at Sens.
1636. Prynne, Rem. agst. Shipmoney, 8. This Tax … layes a farre greater charge on the Subject then any new office, Murage, Toll-travers, or thorough-toll.
1892. Daily News, 6 April, 5/4. The amount received at Newcastle for through toll in one year amounts … to nearly 7,000 l.
