Also tumbrel
1. One of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
2. A farmer's cart, esp. one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
3. Obsolete. A two-wheeled covered cart accompanying artillery for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
Widower, hiding your dog's ear under the tumbrils.
Watch the men handling pitchforks, their heads bright red
Under their boiled leather hats. . .
—Robert Marteau, "Melusine"
1. One of the carts used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine.
2. A farmer's cart, esp. one for hauling manure, that can be tilted to discharge its load.
3. Obsolete. A two-wheeled covered cart accompanying artillery for carrying tools, ammunition, etc.
Widower, hiding your dog's ear under the tumbrils.
Watch the men handling pitchforks, their heads bright red
Under their boiled leather hats. . .
—Robert Marteau, "Melusine"
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