tumbril

IPA: tˈʌmbrɪɫ

noun

  • (historical) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool.
  • A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard; a dumpcart.
  • (historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
  • (UK, obsolete) A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
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