One of the numerous names for the porpoise, Phocœna communis.
Also, a contrivance to avoid the necessity of having copper nailed on the mast to prevent a gaff from chafing it.
·noun A kind of cart; a tumbrel. II. Tumbler ·noun A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A cart; also a sharper employed to draw in pigeons to game; likewise a posture-master, or rope-dance...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
To be whipped at the cart's tail. ...