tumbrel
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- noun
- /ˈtʌmbrəl/
- Archaic
- tumbrel rolls
Examples
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It would be better if more people like him were also escorted in tumbrels.
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Newscasts for the next several days would show pollsters shoved into police black-and-whites until the producers of the forthcoming movie musical, Les Miserables, see a marketing opportunity and partner with the French government to provide a few tumbrels and a guillotine.
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The prisoners were placed in a tumbrel for their final journey to the guillotine.
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During the French Revolution, a tumbrel was commonly seen transporting the condemned.
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Farmers used a tumbrel to haul manure across the fields.
Synonyms
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A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
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A heavy cart pulled by a horse to carry goods or farm items
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A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen
A small two-wheeled cart with two seats pulled by a pony
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Etymology
Tumbrel is easy to remember if you think of the common English word tumble, which means 'to fall or tip over', because two-wheeled carts could easily tip. So a tumbrel is a simple two-wheeled cart used on farms and, in history, to carry prisoners to the guillotine.