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Definition of Gabelle
1. n. A tax, especially on salt.
Definition of Gabelle
1. Noun. A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gabelle
1. a tax on salt [n -S] : GABELLED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabelle
Literary usage of Gabelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1903)
"There were the of Grande gabelle, the pro- "o gabelle, the provinces of , and
the free ... gabelle (qv) was the salt tax in France before the revolution. ..."
2. History of the Principal States of Europe from the Peace of Utrecht by John Russell Russell (1826)
"The Ga- The next subject for review is the gabelle. The gabelle, or salt tax,
was totally different in amount, ..."
3. China, Her History, Diplomacy, and Commerce: From the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1917)
"... CHAPTER XI THE SALT gabelle THE salt industry contributes its share to illustrate
for us both the natural principles on which China is divided into ..."
4. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1897)
"The history of such an impost as the tax upon salt (gabelle), and a bold outline
of the random and incongruous fashions in which it was levied, ..."
5. Diderot and the Encyclopædists by John Morley (1884)
"The history of such an impost as the tax upon salt (gabelle), and a bold outline
of the random and incongruous fashions in which it was levied, ..."
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