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noun
A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dumpcart
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
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noun
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tumbrel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dumpcart
History
From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
