tumbril

tumbril englannista suomeksi

1. kaksipyöräiset kärryt, lantakärryt

0. Substantiivi

tumbril englanniksi

1. (senseid) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a stool.

2. (senseid) A cart well suited to (l) its (l) easily, being single-axled and also often having a hinged (l); a (l).

3. 1800, ''The Times'', 17 Mar 1800, p.3 col. B:

They then confined the Dean, while they rifled the house of every valuable article, as well as plate and money; all that was portable they loaded on Mr. Carleton’s own tumbril, to which they harnessed his horse (..)

4. (quote-book)

5. (quote-book) He studies the tumbrel filled with skulls.

6. (senseid) A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the Revolution.

7. 1848, ''The Times'', 26 Jun 1848, p.4 col. B:

It is now ascertained that the tumbrel and the torches which figured in the massacre-scene of the 23d of February were prepared beforehand (..)

8. (quote-web)

9. (quote-text)|title=The Great Nation|page=370|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2003

10. A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.