tumbril
noun/ˈtʌmbrəl/
/ˈtʌmbrəl/
- an open vehicle used for taking people to their deaths at the guillotine during the French RevolutionWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French tomberel, from tomber ‘to fall’.
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