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The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Gabel \Ga"bel\, n. [F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gavel tribute.] (O. Eng. Law) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise. --Burrill. He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a ...
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Gabel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jeff Gabel , artist Joseph Gabel (1912-2004), French sociologist, author of La Fausse Conscience . Kristoffer Gabel (1617–1673), Danish statesman Martin Gabel (1912–1986), American actor, director, ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context UK legal obsolete English) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
Usage examples of gabel.
Yes, sweet Jeannie Gabel, over there in Paris: always a good pal, always a sympathetic shoulder for him.
Chicago, finally, about four in the afternoon, Carpenter phoned Jeanne Gabel at the Samurai headquarters at Wacker and Michigan, and got her after only about half a minute of hunt-and-seek maneuvering.
Going to bed with strange women was nothing unfamiliar for Carpenter, but Jeanne Gabel was not exactly strange to him, and yet she was.