English Explanatory Dictionary

gabelle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.

Pronunciation

/ɡaˈbɛl/

Word forms

gabelle gabelles

Etymology

From French gabelle.

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