| 单词 | tumbril load |
| 释义 | > as lemmastumbril load tumbril load n. now chiefly historical the amount or quantity held by a tumbril (sense 1a). ΚΠ 1763 Bedford Level: South Level Acct. Lady Day 1762 to Jan. 17 1763 (Bedford Level Corporation) 36 To Roger Bates for laying on 20 tumbrel loads of litter on the said bridge, as by receipt. 1839 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 327/1 Made 29 large tumbrel loads of raw muck—each tumbrel or cart contained about 45 heaped bushels. 2012 J. Strauss Human Remains 1 On the night of April 7, 1786, a tumbrel-load of corpses left the Saints-Innocents cemetery in the heart of the French capital for catacombs outside the city's walls. < as lemmas |
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