1. two-wheeled carts used during the French Revolution to carry condemned prisoners to the guillotine
Usage: historical
2. farm carts that can be tilted to dump their contents
Usage: agricultural

Examples

• The tumbrels rolled through the streets of Paris carrying aristocrats to their execution.
• Historians describe the sound of tumbrels as a symbol of the Terror.
• The farmer loaded hay onto the tumbrels for transport to the barn.
• These old tumbrels could tip backward to unload grain quickly.
• The museum displayed a replica of the tumbrels used during the Revolution.
• Workers used tumbrels to haul dirt and debris from the construction site.