"tumbril" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʌmbɹɪl/ Forms: tumbrils [plural]
Etymology: From Old French tumberel (modern French tombereau, in Anglo-Latin tumberellus), from tomber, tumber (“to fall”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|tumberel}} Old French tumberel, {{cog|fr|tombereau}} French tombereau Head templates: {{en-noun}} tumbril (plural tumbrils)
  1. (historical) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Containers, Torture, Vehicles
    Sense id: en-tumbril-en-noun-en:device Disambiguation of Containers: 42 11 31 15 Disambiguation of Torture: 74 8 13 5 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 42 15 28 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 18 20 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 40 17 21 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 16 22 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 15 20 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 14 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 44 13 23 20
  2. A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard; a dumpcart.
    Sense id: en-tumbril-en-noun-en:dumpcart Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  3. (historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Tags: historical Translations (cart): кола (kola) [feminine] (Bulgarian), каруца (karuca) [feminine] (Bulgarian), charrette [feminine] (French) Translations (cart used to carry prisoners to death): charrette des condamnés [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-tumbril-en-noun-en:cart Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 9 53 10 Disambiguation of 'cart': 0 39 61 0 Disambiguation of 'cart used to carry prisoners to death': 7 7 83 3
  4. (UK, obsolete) A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. Tags: UK, obsolete
    Sense id: en-tumbril-en-noun-vZW4IfhB Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tumbrel, tumbrill

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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