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