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Tumbrel

noun
1.
A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.  Synonym: tumbril.





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... a hoarse cry of surprise, "now I remember. I was always sure that I had seen his face before. And when I saw it it was like that—like the face of a dead man. It was on the Place de la Nation, on a tumbrel—going to the guillotine. He must have escaped, as many did, ...
— Barlasch of the Guard • H. S. Merriman


Words linked to "Tumbrel" :   dumpcart, tumbril


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