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tumbrel Definition


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tumbrel
tumbril
noun
    1. A two-wheeled cart that can be tipped over backwards to empty its load.
    2. historical
      A similar type of cart that was used during the French Revolution to take people who had been sentenced to death to the guillotine.
    3. historical
      A two-wheeled covered military cart that was used for carrying ammunition and other supplies.
Etymology: 15c, meaning ‘cart'; found earlier as the name of an instrument of punishment: from French tomberel.



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