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tumbrel
tum·brel or tum·bril T0408000 (tŭm′brəl)n.1. A two-wheeled cart, especially a farmer's cart that can be tilted to dump a load.2. A crude cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their place of execution, as during the French Revolution.
[Middle English tumberell, from Old French tomberel, from tomber, to fall, perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to English tumble.]tumbrel (ˈtʌmbrəl) or tumbriln1. (Agriculture) 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 Revolution2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (formerly) a covered cart that accompanied artillery in order to carry ammunition, tools, etc3. (Historical Terms) an obsolete word for a ducking stool[C14 tumberell ducking stool, from Medieval Latin tumbrellum from Old French tumberel dump cart, from tomber to tumble, of Germanic origin]tum•brel or tum•bril (ˈtʌm brəl)
n. 1. a cart used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine. 2. a farmer's cart, esp. one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load. [1275–1325; Middle English tumberell ducking stool < Medieval Latin tumberellus < Old French tumberel dump-cart =tomb(er) to fall (< Germanic; see tumble) + -rel -rel] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tumbrel - a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolutiontumbrildumpcart - a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling |
TranslationsTumbrel
TUMBREL, punishment. A species of cart; according to Lord Coke, a dung-cart.
2. This instrument, like the pillory, was used as a means of exposure; and according to some authorities, it seems to have been synonymous with the trebucket or ducking stool. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 797; 3 Inst. 219; 12 Serg. & Rawle, 220. Vide Com. Dig. h.t.; Burn's Just. Pillory and Tumbrel. tumbrel
Synonyms for tumbrelnoun a farm dumpcart for carrying dungSynonymsRelated Words |