tumbrel

tum·brel or tum·bril (t

1. A two-wheeled cart, especially a farmer's cart that can be tilted to dump a load.

2. A crude cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their place of execution, as during the French Revolution.

[Middle English tumberell, from Old French tomberel, from tomber, to let fall, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

tumbrel, tumbril [ˈtʌmbrəl]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a farm cart for carrying dung, esp one that tilts backwards to deposit its load. A cart of this type was used to take condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (formerly) a covered cart that accompanied artillery in order to carry ammunition, tools, etc.

3. (Historical Terms) an obsolete word for a ducking stool

[C14 tumberell ducking stool, from Medieval Latin tumbrellum from Old French tumberel dump cart, from tomber to tumble, of Germanic origin]

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tumbrel - a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

tumbril

dumpcart - a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling

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tumbrel [ˈtʌmbrəl] tumbril [ˈtʌmbrɪl] N → chirrión m, carreta f

tumbrel, tumbril

n (Hist) → Karren m

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He showed him a low-built tumbrel, drawn by two horses, upon which rocked two strong gibbets, bound together, back to back, by chains, whilst an archer, seated upon the cross-beam, suffered, as well as he could, with his head cast down, the comments of a hundred vagabonds, who guessed the destination of the gibbets, and were escorting them to the Hotel de Ville.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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