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Noun: tumbrel  túm-brul
  1. A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
    "The condemned were transported to their execution in tumbrels";
    - tumbril

Derived forms: tumbrels

Type of: dumpcart

Encyclopedia: Tumbrel