tumbril

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All eyes are on Robespierre's Tumbril, where he, his jaw bound in dirty linen, with his half-dead Brother, and half-dead Henriot, lie shattered; their 'seventeen hours' of agony about to end.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

I'm sorry I can't see more of him, but I have to meet a party on business at the West-end at two, and Alderman Tumbril and family dine with us this evening, don't they?

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

The once light lip wears a curl of irony, uttering no word; and the Tumbril fares along.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas