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TUMBREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tumbrel mean?
• TUMBREL (noun)
The noun TUMBREL has 1 sense:
1. a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Familiarity information: TUMBREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tumbrel; tumbril
Hypernyms ("tumbrel" is a kind of...):
dumpcart (a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling)
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