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Definition of Tolsey
1. n. A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange.
Definition of Tolsey
1. Noun. (obsolete) A tollbooth. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A merchants' meeting place or exchange. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tolsey
1. tolbooth [n -S] - See also: tolbooth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolsey
Literary usage of Tolsey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burford Records: A Study in Minor Town Government by Richard Henry Gretton (1920)
"THE tolsey COLLECTION A Church Lands I 1378-1544 B Church Lands II . ...
0 Nineteenth Century Documents II THE CHURCH LANDS tolsey, Bundles A and B CH1. ..."
2. The Illustrated Archaeologist (1894)
"The tolsey was the place where the tolls were paid on goods brought into the ...
The tolsey has been used as a Guildhall ever since Gloucester had a mayor. ..."
3. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several ...by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"n of the said JK and RO At which said court of our aid lord the king of the tolsey
of the said city here holden in tie guildhall aforesaid, before the said ..."
4. History of Burford by William John Monk (1891)
"We view too the old tolsey clock with suspicion. ... But if they used their
loyalty and the tolsey clock as subterfuges for debauchery, the cloak was very ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"Yesterday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, some of the police-officers
recognized a man, passing by the tolsey, as one of the most active leaders ..."
6. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1908)
"Cole gives an account of the extant records of the tolsey court (AD 1489-1758).
• Hist. MSS. Com., xii. pt. ix. 432, 519; Stevenson, Cal. of Glouc. ..."
7. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"tolsey. See extracts. The place spoken of is Bristol. The mayor and justices, or
some of them, usually met at their tolsey (a court house by their ..."
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