Tumbrel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. one of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
  2. a farmer's cart, especially one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
  3. a two-wheeled covered cart accompanying artillery for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
noun
  1. 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. (formerly) a covered cart that accompanied artillery in order to carry ammunition, tools, etc
  3. an obsolete word for a ducking stool
Tumbrel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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