turn|stile

turn|stile
turn|stile «TURN STYL», noun.
a post with bars that turn, set in an entrance or exit. The bars are turned to let one person through at a time. Some turnstiles are used to prevent a person's entrance, such as into a theater or onto a subway platform, until he has paid a charge.

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