In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
gabelle (plural gabelles)
A tax; especially, the tax on salt levied in pre-Revolutionary France.
• gelable, legable
Source: Wiktionary
Ga`belle", n. Etym: [F. See Gabel.]
Definition: A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.