Definition of Gabelles

1. gabelle [n] - See also: gabelle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabelles

gabbles
gabbling
gabblings
gabbro
gabbroic
gabbroid
gabbros
gabby
gabel
gabeler
gabelers
gabelle
gabelled
gabeller
gabellers
gabelles (current term)
gaberdine
gaberdines
gabert
gaberts
gabexate
gabey
gabfest
gabfests
gabies
gabion
gabionade
gabionades
gabioned
gabionnade

Literary usage of Gabelles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Carafas of Maddaloni: Naples Under Spanish Dominion by Alfred von Reumont (1854)
"... pictures and arms of th6 king — Flight of Genuino — The gabelles — Open war — Advantages gained by the troops of the people — Francesco Toraldo captain- ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"The country was divided into six districts — the grandes gabelles, ... But the wealthiest classes, by 1 For a map of the districts of gabelles see Necker's ..."

3. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the Right Hon. Richard Hill ...: Envoy by Richard Hill (1845)
"I could not but observe, that the farmers of his Royal Highness's gabelles are Frenchmen, because they give more than any of his own subjects would give, ..."

4. Catalogue of Books on Foreign Law: Founded on the Collection Presented by by Charles Purton Cooper, Frederick William Halfpenny (1849)
"The price of the salt differed very considerably in various places; some places, where a high price was paid, were called pays des grandes gabelles; ..."

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