TUMBRIL


Meaning of TUMBRIL in English

/ ˈtʌmbrəl; NAmE / noun

an open vehicle used for taking people to their deaths at the guillotine during the French Revolution

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old French tomberel , from tomber to fall.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.