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单词 tumbrel
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tumbrel in British English

or tumbril (ˈtʌmbrəl)
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
Word origin
C14 tumberell ducking stool, from Medieval Latin tumbrellum from Old French tumberel dump cart, from tomber to tumble, of Germanic origin

tumbrel in American English

(ˈtʌmbrəl) or ˈtumbril (ˈtʌmbrəl)
noun
1. 
a farmer's tip cart, esp. for dung
2. 
any of the carts used to carry the condemned to the guillotine during the FrenchRevolution
Word origin
ME tomberel < MFr, tip cart < tomber, to fall, tumble, leap < OHG tumon: see tumble

Examples of 'tumbrel' in a sentence
tumbrel

The sound of the wooden tumbrel on a cobbled street was south of the Common now, the smell of rain already coming in through the windows.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Thunder rolled out long and rough as a wooden-wheeled, ox-drawn tumbrel.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
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