tumbrel

A noun referring to a two-wheeled cart, originally used for hauling dung or other farm waste, which later became historically notable for transporting prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma carroça de duas rodas, originalmente usada para transportar estrume ou outros resíduos agrícolas, e que ficou historicamente conhecida como veículo para levar prisioneiros à guilhotina durante a Revolução Francesa.

1. Farm cart for manure C2 formal british

   A two-wheeled cart used on farms for hauling dung or other heavy loads.

   • The farmer loaded the tumbrel with manure from the barn.
   • Horses pulled the heavy tumbrel across the muddy field.
   • Tumbrels were essential for transporting waste in rural areas.

   🇵🇹Carroça de esterco

   Sinônimos: dumpcart

2. Prisoner cart during the French Revolution C2 formal british

   A cart of this type infamously used to carry condemned prisoners, including those sentenced to the guillotine, during the Reign of Terror.

   • The tumbrel rumbled through the cobblestone streets toward the Place de la Révolution.
   • Dozens of prisoners were packed into the tumbrel for their final journey.
   • The image of the tumbrel became a symbol of the French Revolution's brutality.

   🇵🇹Carroça dos condenados

• tumbrels plural form
• tumbrels' possessive plural form
• tumbrel's possessive singular form