Tumbrel
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An instrument of punishment made use of by the Saxons, chiefly for the correction of scolding women by ducking them in water, consisting of a stool or chair fixed to the end of a long pole. A chair fixed on a pair of wheels. See Cucking-Stool. It is said to mean a manure cart. Used of vehicles which drew French prisoners to the guillotine; but that was a large, 4-wheel wagon. Cent. Diet.