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  1. tumbrils: Merriam-Webster
  2. tumbrils: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tumbrils: Vocabulary.com
  4. tumbrils: Wordnik
  5. tumbrils: Wiktionary
  6. tumbrils: Dictionary.com
  7. tumbrils: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tumbril)

noun:  (historical) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.
noun:  A cart well suited to dumping its load easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged tailboard; a dumpcart.
noun:  (historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
noun:  (UK, obsolete) A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
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