tumbril
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tumbril
- /ˈtʌmbɹɪl/
Where it comes from
From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”).
noun tumbrils · tumbrel · tumbrill
- A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.
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A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard.
They then confined the Dean, while they rifled the house of every valuable article, as well as plate and money; all that was portable they loaded on Mr. Carleton’s own tumbril, to which they harnessed his horse […]
Similar: dumpcart
- A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. It is now ascertained that the tumbrel and the torches which figured in the massacre-scene of the 23d of February were prepared beforehand […]
- A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
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noun cart
| Français | charrette |
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noun cart used to carry prisoners to death
| Français | charrette des condamnés |
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Talk about this word "tumbril." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tumbril. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tumbril. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tumbril "tumbril." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tumbril.Cite this
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title = {tumbril},
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