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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Gabel

/gəb-ĕl'/ · Ga·bel · IPA /ˈɡeɪbəl/
01 n. A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
  1. 1.
    A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.(O. Eng. Law)
    “He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.” Jer. Taylor.