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tumbril

tumb·ril

UK/ˈtʌmbɹɪl/ uncommon obsolete uk

noun

1.

a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

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Origin

From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”).

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