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Tumbrel

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Noun

1. tumbrel, tumbril

a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tumbrel

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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

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Tumbrel

see synonyms of tumbrel
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 French Revolution

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tumbrel

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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.

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