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Definition of: tumbrel
(tum′bril) noun
1. Obs. A two-wheeled military covered cart for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
2. A farmer's cart; especially, a boxlike cart for carrying and dumping dung.
3. A rude cart in which prisoners were taken to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
4. Formerly, a ducking stool set on wheels. Also tum′bril. [<OF tomberel <tomber fall, ult. <Gmc.]
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