Gabel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡeɪbəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gabel is a noun meaning (law, obsolete) Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
Meaning
(law, obsolete) Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
More Meanings
- Obsolete spelling of gable
Example Sentences
He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.
The same Imposition might also be made on the Tin spent at home, unless it be as impossible so to do, as for the King of France to impose the Gabel upon Salt in the very places where it is made.
These Mercenary Officers who had no greater desire, than to demonstrate to the Emperor their Zeal and affection to his service, serewed and ravished from the Mariners by violence, illegal and unaccustomed Gabels upon all sorts of Commodities.
Word Forms
- gabels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gabeler, gabeller, gabelle, gage, gelt, gavel.
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