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Definition of: gabelle
(gə·bel′) noun
In old English and French law, a tax, excise, impost, or duty; specifically, in French history, a tax on salt, abolished in 1790. Also ga·bel′. [<F <Med. L gabella <gablum tax <Gmc.]
—ga·belled′ adjective
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