gabel

See also: Gabel

English

Etymology

From French gabelle, from Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare gavel (“tribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪbəl/

Noun

gabel (plural gabels)

1. (UK, law, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

     He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.

Derived terms

• gabeler

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gabel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gable, galbe, gleba