| 释义 |
tumbrel /tumˈbrəl/ or tumbril /tumˈbril/ noun- An old instrument of punishment, a pillory or cucking stool (obsolete)
- A cart, esp for dung, that tips over backwards to empty its load
- A two-wheeled military cart (archaic)
- The name given to the carts that conveyed victims to the guillotine during the French Revolution
ORIGIN: OFr tomberel (Fr tombereau), from tomber to fall |