🛒tumbrel

noun
/ˈtʌmbrəl/

Meaning

A two-wheeled cart, especially one used during the French Revolution to carry prisoners to the guillotine.

Example Sentences

The prisoners were carried to the square in a wooden tumbrel.

Synonyms

cart, wagon, carriage, dray

Antonyms

car, truck

Collocations

wooden tumbrel, old tumbrel, prisoners in tumbrel

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