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ga·belle (g

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

[Middle English gabel, from Old French, from Old Italian gabella, from Arabic qabla, tribute, from qabila, to receive; see qbl in Semitic roots.]

gabelle [gæˈbɛl]

(Historical Terms) French history a salt tax levied until 1790

[from Old Italian gabella, from Arabic qabālah tribute, from qabala he received]

gabelled adj

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gabelle (redirected from Salt tax)

gabelle
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