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charrette des condamnés — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • tumbril noun A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a ducking stool.

Senses

charrette des condamnés is used for these senses in English:

  • tumbril (historical) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

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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