tumbrel

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a cart which opens at the back to release its load
a cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution
a kind of mediaeval torture device, later associated with a cucking-stool
{n} a dungcart, a dunghill
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like
{i} (tumbril) cart for transporting victims to their execution (especially to the guillotine during the time of the French Revolution); dumpcart (especially one used for transporting dung)
A rough cart
A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds
A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep
tumbril
A cart which opens at the back to release its load
tumbril
A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbril
A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking-stool
tumbril
{n} a dungcart, a dunghill
tumbrels
plural of tumbrel
tumbril
a kind of mediaeval torture device, later associated with a cucking-stool
tumbril
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbril
A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like
tumbril
A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep
tumbril
A rough cart
tumbril
A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds
tumbrils
plural of tumbril
tumbrel

    Hyphenation

    tum·brel

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Old French tumberel (in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber ‘to fall’.
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