gabelle

(gə bel′)

noun

a tax levied on salt in France before the Revolution

Origin: ME < OFr < OIt gabella < Ar ḳabāla, tax < qabala, to receive; akin to Heb kibel: see cabala

See gabelle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tax, especially the salt tax imposed in France before 1790.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English gabel

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Italian gabella

Origin: , from Arabic qabāla, tribute

Origin: , from qabila, to receive; see qbl in Semitic roots

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