Tumbrel
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
punishment. A species of cart; according to Lord Coke, a dung-cart. This instrument, like the pillory, was used as a means of exposure; and according to some authorities, it seems to have been synonymous with the trebucket or ducking stool.
1 Chit. Cr. Law, 797; 3 Inst. 219; 12 Serg. &