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Noun: tumbril  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 tumbrils";
    - tumbrel

Derived forms: tumbrils

Type of: dumpcart

Encyclopedia: Tumbril