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TUMBRIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Synonyms:
tumbrel; tumbril
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tumbril" is a kind of...):
dumpcart (a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling)