Synonyms for tumbrel
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tuhm-bruh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌm brəl |
Top 10 synonyms for tumbrel Other synonyms for the word tumbrel
Définition of tumbrel
Origin :- mid-15c., "two-wheeled cart," earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain type (early 13c.), from Old French tumberel "dump cart," from tomber "(let) fall or tumble," possibly from a Germanic source (cf. Old Norse tumba "to tumble," Old High German tumon "to turn, reel;" see tumble). Notoriously used to take victims to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror.
- As in cart : noun small attachment for transporting
- Millers, when they stole corn, were chastised by the tumbrel.
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand Wonderful Things » by Edmund Fillingham King
- Picture to yourself a tumbrel of prisoners on their way to Lons-le-Saulnier.
- Extract from : « The Companions of Jehu » by Alexandre Dumas, pre
- Sometimes, when placed on a tumbrel, it was used for ducking.
- Extract from : « Curious Punishments of Bygone Days » by Alice Morse Earle
- I only thought of Marie Antoinette after the tumbrel went by.
- Extract from : « While Caroline Was Growing » by Josephine Daskam Bacon
- A man condemned to death is listening to his confessor in the tumbrel.
- Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
- It was on the Place de la Nation, on a tumbrel—going to the guillotine.
- Extract from : « Barlasch of the Guard » by H. S. Merriman
- At Wootton Bassett there was a tumbrel, which, until within the last few years, was perfect.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- When the ducking was accomplished, the tumbrel was drawn out of the water by the ropes.
- Extract from : « Curious Punishments of Bygone Days » by Alice Morse Earle
- Monseigneur de Belzunce sat upon the seat of the tumbrel laden with corpses, driven by a convict stained with every crime.
- Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
- They had the right to erect gallows, pillory and tumbrel for the punishment of malefactors.
- Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
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