The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gabelle \Ga`belle"\, n. [F. See Gabel.]
A tax, especially on salt. [France]
--Brande & C.
Wiktionary
n. A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.
Wikipedia
Gabelle of salt was a historic salt tax in France.
Gabelle may also refer to:
- Pierre Gabelle (1908-1982), a French political figure
- La Gabelle Generating Station, a hydroelectric plant in Quebec, Canada
- Théophile Gabelle, a fictional character in Dickens' A Tale of two Cities
Usage examples of "gabelle".
On the other hand, their common folk are so crushed down with gabelle, and poll-tax, and every manner of cursed tallage, that the spirit has passed right out of them.
And who are we, that when we see the gabelles, which you have ordered to be paid, wholly shaken off, when we see the act of disobedience afterwards ratified by yourselves-- who are we, that we are not to judge what taxes we ought or ought not to pay, and are not to avail ourselves of the same powers, the validity of which you have approved in others?