Tumbril
['tʌmbrəl]
Definition
(n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
(n.) A rough cart.
(n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
(n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
Checked by Edmond
Definition
n. a cart with two wheels for conveying the tools of pioneers artillery stores &c.: a dung-cart: the name given to the carts which conveyed victims to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Edited by Lenore
Examples
- The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There is a guard of sundry horsemen riding abreast of the tumbrils, and faces are often turned up to some of them, and they are asked some question. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- On the steps of a church, awaiting the coming-up of the tumbrils, stands the Spy and prison-sheep. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Six tumbrils roll along the streets. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As The Vengeance descends from her elevation to do it, the tumbrils begin to discharge their loads. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Be sure you are there, my soul, said The Vengeance, calling after her, for she had already turned into the street, before the tumbrils arrive! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And before the tumbrils arrive. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Changeless and hopeless, the tumbrils roll along. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Every day, through the stony streets, the tumbrils now jolted heavily, filled with Condemned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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