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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TUMBREL

Tumberell ducking stool, from Medieval Latin tumbrellum from Old French tumberel dump cart, from tomber to tumble, of Germanic origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TUMBREL

tumbrel  [ˈtʌmbrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMBREL

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conjunction
determiner
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Tumbrel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUMBREL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Tumbrel

A tumbrel, is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for agricultural work; in particular they were associated with carrying manure. Their most notable use was taking prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. They were also used by the military for hauling supplies. In this use the carts were sometimes covered. The two wheels allowed the cart to be tilted to more easily discharge its load. The word is also used as a name for the cucking-stool and for a type of balancing scale used in medieval times to check the weight of coins.

Definition of tumbrel in the English dictionary

The definition of tumbrel in the dictionary is a farm cart for carrying dung, esp one that tilts backwards to deposit its load. A cart of this type was used to take condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Other definition of tumbrel is a covered cart that accompanied artillery in order to carry ammunition, tools, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUMBREL


adumbral
ædˈʌmbrəl
cambrel
ˈkæmbrəl
cerebral
ˈsɛrɪbrəl
craniocerebral
ˌkreɪnɪəʊsəˈriːbrəl
gambrel
ˈɡæmbrəl
intervertebral
ˌɪntəˈvɜːtəbrəl
intracerebral
ˌɪntrəˈsɛrɪbrəl
invertebral
ɪnˈvɜːtɪbrəl
membral
ˈmembrəl
myofibril
ˌmaɪəˈfaɪbrəl
palpebral
ˈpælpɪbrəl
penumbral
pɛnˈʌmbrəl
procerebral
ˌprəʊsəˈriːbrəl
subvertebral
sʌbˈvɜːtɪbrəl
timbral
ˈtæmbrəl
timbrel
ˈtɪmbrəl
tumbril
ˈtʌmbrəl
uncerebral
ˌʌnsəˈriːbrəl
vertebral
ˈvɜːtɪbrəl
whimbrel
ˈwɪmbrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUMBREL

tumble
tumble dryer
tumble to
tumble-dried
tumble-dries
tumble-dry
tumblebug
tumbledown
tumblehome
tumbler
tumbler dryer
tumbler gear
tumbler switch
tumblerful
tumblersful
tumbleset
tumbleweed
tumbling box
tumbril
tumefacient

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUMBREL

apparel
au naturel
barrel
borel
Brel
Demirel
ground squirrel
jurel
kestrel
laurel
mackerel
mandrel
minstrel
morel
Orel
quarrel
Sorel
sorrel
squirrel
umbrel

Synonyms and antonyms of tumbrel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tumbrel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUMBREL

Find out the translation of tumbrel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tumbrel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tumbrel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tumbrel
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tumbrel
570 millions of speakers

English

tumbrel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tumbrel
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tumbrel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tumbrel
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tumbrel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাস্তিদানের যন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tombereau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumbrel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tumbrel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tumbrel
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tumbrel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumbrel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe hai bánh chở khí giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tumbrel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुंबल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kağnı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tumbrel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tumbrel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tumbrel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tumbrel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tumbrel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stortkar
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tumbrel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tumbrel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tumbrel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMBREL»

The term «tumbrel» is normally little used and occupies the 148.779 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TUMBREL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tumbrel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMBREL»

Discover the use of tumbrel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tumbrel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tumbrel
TUMBREL. The final journey By Tantum Veritatum Booktango 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 WWW.booktango.com Phone 1-877-445-8822 Copyright © 2013 Tantum Veritatum. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be ...
Tantum Veritatum, 2013
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Pickpoeltets. See Lot-reny. Pigeons. See Warm. Pillow and tumbrel. PILLORY (in Latin, callisirigium, from the person's neck being put between twti boards) is a very ancient punishment in this kingdom, and was used heretofore by the Saxons .
Richard Burn, John Burn, 1793
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The Archaeological Journal
“ Brewers 'who break the assize the first, second, and third time, shall be amerced ; but the fourth-time, they shall undergo without redemption the judgment of the tumbrel.' “Lord Chief Baron Comyns, who died in the year 1740, in his ' Digest of  ...
‎1858
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Mamecestre: Being Chapters from the Early Recorded History ...
of Wakerle, view of frank-pledge, and that which belongs thereto; infangethef, gallows, the amending of the assise-breach of bread and ale, wcyf, them, and tumbrel. And the said John, by Thomas W'yke his attorney, came into court and said ...
John Harland, 1862
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Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the ...
And other liberties of gallows, pit, pillory and tumbrel,98 and so much as to buildings added together, or adjacent vills and hamlets; it may also be a manor both by itself and together with many vills and many hamlets adjacent; none of which, ...
‎1862
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Godliness and Governance in Tudor Colchester
imposed, but a variety of punishments, most often the tumbrel, came to be used in the Elizabethan period, possibly following the urging of some of the educated people for more severe punishments against sexual offenders. The movement for  ...
Laquita M. Higgs, 1998
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Controlling Misbehavior in England, 1370-1600
The chair-like tumbrel, also known as a thew or cuckingstool, might either be permanently fixed in a conspicuous location or be movable, placed in front of the offender's house or on a cart which carried her around the commmunity.22 Initially ...
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, 2002
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A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the ...
Besides these cases of clergyable felony, whipping is commonly inflicted for minor offences, which display meanness of disposition, and come before justices at the quarter sessions of the peace. The punishments of the pillory and the tumbrel, ...
Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters, Thomas Huntington, 1836
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A Digest of the Laws of England
These instruments of correction none can set up without proper warrant. - ' And if the lord of a liberty set them up without warrant, he (hall lose his franchise or liberty. Ft, /, 2. c. 12. so. "75. 2 Rol. 203. /. 10. And a man may have a pillory, tumbrel, ...
Sir John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, 1793
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How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know
to be on your way out (literally: to be in the open cart - or 'tumbrel' - used to transport aristocrats to the guillotine in the French Revolution, 1789 -99) from the Old French, tomberel: tumbrel, from tomber: to fall (for the cart's contents — the ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMBREL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tumbrel is used in the context of the following news items.
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This bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes
“And I am in no horse race and if indeed she was, still I would not harness her to this tumbrel; this bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes. My muse ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
2
Shonda Rhimes Mainstreams Gay Marriage
Through most of the show, Cyrus looked like some weary aristocrat in a tumbrel being led to Madame Gullotine, and his past failed marriages swept over him in ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
3
One Last Walk Around the Old Neighborhood: In Which Your …
The tumbrel has reached its destination. This will be the final your humble narrator column in this paper. By all means, continue reading SF Weekly. In a city in ... «SF Weekly, Mar 15»
4
David Cameron's one law for the rich shows he doesn't understand …
My much missed friend Christopher Hitchens enjoyed collecting 'tumbrel remarks' — an unguarded comment by an uncontrollably rich person, of such crass ... «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 15»
5
Northampton hold off Bath revival thanks to Dylan Hartley heroics
... 14 minutes into the second half saw Foden launch an attack from halfway that directly resulted in George Pisi's bonus point try, Bath's tumbrel beckoned. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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What's in a Letter?
And if indeed she was, still I would not harness her to this tumbrel—this bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes.” But some of the most affecting letters ... «New Yorker, Jun 14»
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Salacious siren and frigid wife – it's a lazy blame game
Or, as Tina Brown wrote, "Forget the dog-in-the-manger, down in the mouth neo-Puritanism of the op-ed tumbrel drivers and see him instead as his guests do; ... «Irish Independent, May 14»
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Person Of Interest: "A House Divided"
... on trial in a kangaroo court, and it would be easier to wish them well and offer to polish up the guillotine for them, if Finch wasn't one of those in the tumbrel. «A.V. Club DC, May 14»
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Fuse Readies For NuvoTV Merger By Shedding Some Staff
... according to a source with knowledge of the situation, who described a waiting-for-the-tumbrel scene filled with confusion and consternation at Fuse's corner ... «Deadline.com, May 14»
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David Moyes' Manchester United face huge task against rampant …
The drums are beating so loudly for David Moyes he might as well turn up at Old Trafford in a tumbrel, so it is possibly time for perspective. In all probability Sir ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»

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