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 tumbrils rolled through the streets of Paris carrying aristocrats to their execution.
• Historical accounts describe the crowds that gathered to watch the tumbrils pass.
• The farmer loaded hay onto the tumbril for transport to the barn.
• These old tumbrils could be tilted to easily unload grain.
• The museum displayed a replica of the tumbrils used during the Reign of Terror.
• Workers used tumbrils to haul dirt and debris from the construction site.