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A tumbrel passes, bearing condemned prisoners to the guillotine, mocked by the crowd.
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Most of the victims received an unceremonious trip to the guillotine in an open wooden cart (the tumbrel).
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Penalties for breach included amercements, pillory and tumbrel.
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Another method of ducking was to use the tumbrel, which consisted of a chair on two wheels with two long shafts fixed to the axles.
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Another method of dunking was to use the tumbrel, which consisted of a chair on two wheels with two long shafts fixed to the axles.
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Fail to do so and you must look to the tumbrel, sooner rather than later.
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Yet another type of ducking-stool was called a tumbrel.
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