Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gabel

Gabel , noun

[French gabelle, Late Latin gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Compare 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 fish. — Jer. Taylor