meaning of tumbril2
1. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
2. A rough cart.
3. A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
4. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
5. a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
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