tumbrel
/ˈtʌmbrəl/
noun
- A two-wheeled cart that could be tilted to dump its load, historically used for carrying prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
- In the novel, the prisoners were taken to the guillotine in a tumbrel.
- The tumbrel rattled over the cobblestones as it carried the condemned.
- The museum displayed a replica of a French Revolution tumbrel.
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