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Definition of tumbril noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tumbril

noun

/ˈtʌmbrəl/

/ˈtʌmbrəl/

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an open vehicle used for taking people to their deaths at the guillotine during the French Revolution
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tomberel, from tomber ‘to fall’.

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