tumbril
tumb·ril
noun
1.
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Origin
From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”).
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