|
|
1. (n.) tumbrel
a cart used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
2. tumbrel
a farmer's cart, esp. one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME tumberell ducking stool < ML tumberellus < OF tumberel dump-cart =tomb(er) to fall (< Gmc; see tumble ) +-rel -rel)
|
| Definition of 'tumbrel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) tumbrel, tumbril
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
|
| Definition of 'tumbrel' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) tumbrel
alt. of Tumbril
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'tumbrel' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of tumbrel 
