Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RU'BLE, n. [roo'bl; Russ. from rublyu, to cut.]

A silver coin of Russia, of the value of about fifty-seven cents, or two shillings and seven pence sterling; in Russia, a hundred kopecks; originally, the fourth part of a grivna or pound, which was cut into four equal parts. Russ. Dict. Tooke.