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tumbrel

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tumbrel  \Tum"brel\,  Tumbril  \Tum"bril\,  n.  [OF.  tomberel  F. 
  tombereau  fr  tomber  to  fall,  to  tumble;  of  Teutonic  origin. 
  Cf  {Tumble}.] 
  1.  A  cucking  stool  for  the  punishment  of  scolds. 
 
  2.  A  rough  cart.  --Tusser.  --Tatler. 
 
  3.  (Mil.)  A  cart  or  carriage  with  two  wheels,  which 
  accompanies  troops  or  artillery,  to  convey  the  tools  of 
  pioneers,  cartridges,  and  the  like 
 
  4.  A  kind  of  basket  or  cage  of  osiers,  willows,  or  the  like 
  to  hold  hay  and  other  food  for  sheep.  [Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cucking  stool  \Cuck"ing  stool`\  (k?k"?ng  st??l`).  [Cf.  AS 
  scealfingst[=o]l,  a  word  of  similar  meaning,  allied  to 
  scealfor  a  diver,  mergus  avis;  or  possibly  from  F.  coquine  a 
  hussy,  slut,  jade,  f.  of  coquin,  OE  cokin,  a  rascal;  or  cf 
  Icel.  k?ka  to  dung,  k?kr  dung,  the  name  being  given  as  to  a 
  disgracing  or  infamous  punishment.] 
  A  kind  of  chair  formerly  used  for  punishing  scolds,  and  also 
  dishonest  tradesmen,  by  fastening  them  in  it  usually  in 
  front  of  their  doors,  to  be  pelted  and  hooted  at  by  the  mob, 
  but  sometimes  to  be  taken  to  the  water  and  ducked;  --  called 
  also  a  {castigatory},  a  {tumbrel},  and  a  {trebuchet};  and 
  often  but  not  so  correctly,  a  {ducking  stool}.  --Sir.  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tumbrel 
  n  :  a  farm  cart  for  carrying  dung;  carts  of  this  type  were  used 
  to  carry  prisoners  to  the  guillotine  during  the  French 
  Revolution  [syn:  {tumbril}]




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