資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gabel \Ga"bel\, n. [F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of
   uncertain origin. Cf.{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.