A variant spelling of garbel; refuse or waste material, especially from processed fish or grain.
A spelling variant of 'garbel,' ultimately from the same Arabic and Italian roots meaning 'to sift' or 'refuse material resulting from sifting.'
Medieval spellings were wonderfully inconsistent—the same word could appear as 'garbel,' 'garbill,' or 'garbelle' in different documents, showing how written English was still settling into standard forms.
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