GABBART, gab'ärt, _n._ a flat river vessel with a long hatchway.--Also
GABB'ARD. [Fr. _gabare_--Prov. and It. _gabarra_.]
GABBATHA, gab'a-thä, _n._ the place where Pilate sat at the trial of Jesus,
a tessellated pavement outside the prætorium. [Heb., 'platform.']
GABBLE, gab'l, _v.i._ to talk inarticulately: to chatter: to cackle like
geese.--_ns._ GABB'LE; GABB'LER; GABB'LING, GABB'LEMENT. [Freq. of _gab_.]
GABBRO, gab'ro, _n._ a rock composed of feldspar and diallage--also
_Euphotide_.--_n._ GABB'RONITE, a compact variety of scapolite, resembling
gabbro. [It.]
GABELLE, gab-el', _n._ a tax, impost duty, formerly in France, esp. the tax
on salt.--_n._ G[=A]'BELER. [Fr. _gabelle_--Low L. _gabella_,
_gablum_--Teut.]
GABERDINE, gab-er-d[=e]n', _n._ a loose upper garment, formerly worn by
Jews. [O. Fr. _gauvardine_; per. Mid. High Ger. _wallevart_, pilgrimage,
whence also Sp. _gabardina_, &c.]
GABERLUNZIE, gab-er-lun'zi, -yi, _n._ (_Scot._) a pouch carried by Scottish
beggars: a strolling beggar.
GABION, g[=a]'bi-un, _n._ (_fort._) a bottomless basket of wicker-work
filled with earth, used for shelter from the enemy's fire while digging
trenches, or in forming the foundation of a jetty.--_ns._ G[=A]'BIONADE, a
work formed of gabions; G[=A]'BIONAGE, gabions collectively.--_adj._
G[=A]'BIONED, furnished with gabions. [Fr.,--It. _gabbione_, a large
cage--_gabbia_--L. _cavea_, a cage.]
GABLE, g[=a]'bl, _n._ (_archit._) the triangular part of an exterior wall
of a building between the top of the side-walls and the slopes on the
roof--(_Scot._) G[=A]'VEL.--_adj._ G[=A]'BLED.--ns. G[=A]'BLE-END, the
end-wall of a building on the side where there is a gable; G[=A]'BLET
(_dim._), a small gable, as an ornament on buttresses, &c.;
G[=A]'BLE-WIN'DOW, a window in the gable-end of a building, or a window
with its upper part shaped like a gable. [The northern form _gavel_ is
prob. Ice. _gafl_; Sw. _gafvel_, Dan. _gavl_. The southern form gable is
prob. through O. Fr. _gable_, _jable_ from Ice. _gafl_.]
GABRIEL'S HOUNDS. See HOUND.