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| tum·brel [ túmbrəl ] (plural tum·brels) or tum·bril [ túmbrəl ] (plural tum·brils) |
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1. cart carrying prisoners to be guillotined: a cart used during the French Revolution to carry condemned prisoners to be executed by guillotine
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2. military cart: a covered cart formerly used to carry ammunition and equipment for the artillery
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| [14th century. < Old French tumberel< tomber "fall"] |
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