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Carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
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tumbrel
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k?k"?ng st??l`). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to dung, ...
Wikipedia
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A tumbrel (alternatively tumbril ), is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for agricultural work; in particular they were associated with carrying manure. Their most notable use was ...
Wiktionary
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n. (alternative form of tumbril English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution [syn: tumbril ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "two-wheeled cart for hauling dung, stones, etc.," earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain type (early 13c.), from Old French tomberel "dump cart" (Modern French tombereau ), from tomber "(let) fall or tumble," possibly from a Germanic ...
Usage examples of tumbrel.
I had a mental image of myself as Andrea Chenier, in his tumbrel, rattling along the cobbled streets of Paris on his way to the guillotine.
Indeed, Madoc had ordered a wooden tumbrel wagon made to carry the accumulating treasures and foods, for the coracles were full.
He imagined tumbrels clicking into place somewhere in the back of his addled mind.
Must we watch the bloody flag arise, and ride on tumbrels to the guillotine?
One of us seizes up and dies, and the body squats there and doesn't decay the way the tourists' do when they get shikker in a blind pig bar in downtown Houmitz and stagger out in the gutter and get knocked over by a tumbrel on the way to the casinos.