Gabelle Definition

gə-bĕl
noun
A tax levied on salt in France before the Revolution.
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Origin of Gabelle

  • Middle English gabel from Old French from Old Italian gabella from Arabic qabāla tribute from qabila to receive qbl in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French gabelle.

    From Wiktionary

Gabelle Sentence Examples

  • Through Latinized forms it appears in gabelle.

  • The same year he published a pamphlet against feudal aids and the gabelle, for which he was denounced and arrested, but provisionally released.

  • In the 17th century it was the centre of the revolt of the Nu-pieds, caused by the imposition of the salt-tax (gabelle).

  • In 1548 he was at Bordeaux during one of the frequent riots caused by the gabelle, or salt-tax.

  • The elus and the superintendents, instead of being delegates of the states, became royal functionaries like the baillis and the provosts; imposts, hearth-money (fouage), salt-tax (gabelle), sale-dues (droits de vente), voted for the war, were levied during the whole of Charles V.s reign and added to his personal revenue.

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