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tumbrel definition

tum·brel or tumbril tum′·bril (tum′brəl)

noun

  1. a farmer's tip cart, esp. for dung
  2. any of the carts used to carry the condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution

Etymology: ME tomberel < MFr, tip cart < tomber, to fall, tumble, leap < OHG tumon: see tumble

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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