What's the difference between tumbrel and tumbril?

Tumbrel


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Tumbril

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It's the disembodied sound of Ukip, of tea parties, of tumbrels rolling.

Tumbril


Definition:

  • (n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
  • (n.) A rough cart.
  • (n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
  • (n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) His conference activists see their councillors executed by the tumbril-load.
  • (2) October 1917 had been relegated to a past that would never be repeated, just like the tumbrils in Paris in 1793 or Charles I’s public execution outside the palace at Westminster.

Words possibly related to "tumbrel"

Words possibly related to "tumbril"