charrette — meaning in English

English meaning

• cart noun A small wheeled vehicle used for carrying goods, pushed or pulled by a person, animal, or motor.
• tumbril noun A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.
• wagon noun A four-wheeled vehicle used for carrying heavy loads, historically pulled by horses.

Senses

charrette is used for these senses in English:

• cart A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
• tumbril (historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

cart — full definition

1. noun A small wheeled vehicle used for carrying goods, pushed or pulled by a person, animal, or motor.
2. verb To transport or move something, often with effort or reluctance.

tumbril — full definition

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

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