Word of the Day - Tumbrel

[debodun]

Tumbrel - an open cart that tilted backward to empty out its load.

A tumbrel was often used to convey prisoners to their execution in the Middle Ages.

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Lavinia]

A tumbrel was also used to carry French aristocrats to the guillotine during the revolution.

 

[Ruthanne]

I guess my day could be worse, I could be loaded into a tumbrel!