Ru'ble, n.
(ru/bl), n. [Written also rouble.] [Russ. rŭbl, originally a piece cut off, from rubiti, to cut.] 1. A silver coin of Russia, equal in value to 100 copper copecks, and worth from about $0.75 to about $0.86, according to the coinage. It is the legal standard of silver currency, by which accounts are kept. The ruble of 1799 is worth about $0.73. Simmonds. Homans.
Sense 2. A gold coin of Russia, 100 of which are held equal to 103 of the silver ruble. Simmonds.