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gabelle

/ɡaˈbɛl/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛl

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Borrowed from French gabelle.

noun gabelles

A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France. The proceeds of the gabelle on retail wine were pledged directly to repayment of the forced loans imposed during Baumgarten and Sterz's raid in 1364.

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@misc{gabelle_2026,
  title = {gabelle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gabelle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}