tumbril

  1. Noun.  A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking-stool.
  2. Noun.  A cart which opens at the back to release its load.
  3. Noun.  A cart used to carry condemned prisoners to their death, especially to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

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