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tumbrel
or tum·bril
[ tuhm-bruhl ]
noun
- one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
- a farmer's cart, especially one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
- Obsolete. a two-wheeled covered cart accompanying artillery for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
tumbrel
/ ˈtʌmbrəl /
noun
- 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
- (formerly) a covered cart that accompanied artillery in order to carry ammunition, tools, etc
- an obsolete word for a ducking stool
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tumbrel1
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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Example Sentences
You may see many such crowding round the guillotine or the tumbrel in pictures of the French Revolution.
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There were some thirty men in this tumbrel, whose sole crime was foolish exaltation of thought and threatening language.
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In some places, millers, if detected stealing corn, were placed in the tumbrel.
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Her body bounded at every jolt of the tumbrel like a dead or broken thing; her gaze was dull and imbecile.
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An inquisition held in 1383 discloses two markets, a merchant gild, pillory and tumbrel.
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