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Definition of Tumbril

Tumbril
Tumbrel Tum"brel, Tumbril Tum"bril, n. [OF. tomberel, F. tombereau, fr. tomber to fall, to tumble; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Tumble.] 1. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds. 2. A rough cart. --Tusser. --Tatler. 3. (Mil.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like. 4. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. [Eng.]

Meaning of Tumbril from wikipedia

- A tumbrel (alternatively tumbril) is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for agricultural...
- 2014. Campbell A (10 March 2018). "Humane execution and the fear of the tumbril". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved...
- Hauer's likeness was completed shortly before Corday was summoned to the tumbril, after she had viewed it and suggested a few changes. Since her execution...
- her and permanently deafening Miss Pross. As Carton waits to board the tumbril that will take him to his execution, he is approached by another prisoner...
- the prisoners at Saint-Lazare. He was sent to the guillotine on the same tumbril as his friend André Chénier, on July 25, 1794. In 1790, Roucher had translated...
- Baden-Durlach on 6 May; this victory occurred after the enemies' ammunition tumbril was hit by cannon fire and exploded. He was successful again at the Battle...
- to speak to the king but fail, thwarted by the rising sun. Even as the tumbril bears Elisa away to execution, she continues knitting, determined to continue...
- (the back part of a cart) and administer him or her a public whipping. Tumbrils were commonly ****ociated with the French Revolution as a mobile stage elevating...
- David Cameron. He had tweeted: "Not a good time to be a Cameroon. The tumbrils are rolling again!" Swire was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St...
- Richard Burton. As somebody said it would have been nice to wear in the tumbril on the way to the guillotine. ... In this Age of Vulgarity marked by such...