gabel

See also: Gabel

English

Etymology

From French gabelle, from Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare gavel (“tribute”).

Noun

gabel (plural gabels)

1. (UK, law, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.

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     He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gabel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Gable, bagel, gable, galbe, gleba

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Albanian

Etymology

From gabë (“lie, deception”) +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈbɛl]

Noun

gabel m (plural gabelë, definite gabeli, definite plural gabelët)

1. (derogatory, vulgar) a Gypsy, Roma

Synonyms

• rom
• magjup
• arixhi
• jevg
• evgjit

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German

Verb

gabel

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of gabeln.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of gabeln.