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Synonyms for tumbril

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tuhm-bruh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌm brəl

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Définition of tumbril

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 wagon : noun vehicle
Example sentences :
  • The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • The tumbril and the guillotine would not have made her weep.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The bodies of the victims were placed in a tumbril lighted by torches.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo
  • Up the Canongate comes the rumbling of a tumbril, like the French Revolution.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of Scotland » by Keith Clark
  • Then she was put into the tumbril, and was started on her way to the scaffold.
  • Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • He saw Jeanne, and only Jeanne, standing on the tumbril and being led to the guillotine.
  • Extract from : « El Dorado » by Baroness Orczy
  • He mounted the tumbril with him, he mounted the scaffold with him.
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • There was a pause, the crowd was so dense at this corner; then the tumbril moved on again.
  • Extract from : « The Light That Lures » by Percy Brebner
  • There ensued a period when only a shrill keening marked the passing of Roderick as he was borne to the tumbril.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • It has been told, by every writer, that she could look over at her girlhood home, as her tumbril crossed Pont au Change.
  • Extract from : « The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) » by Benjamin Ellis Martin
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