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gavel
Noun
  • Rent. historical
  • Usury; interest on money. obsolete
Noun
  • A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge (not UK), or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
  • The legal system as a whole (not UK). figuratively
  • A mason's setting maul.
Verb
  • To use a gavel.
Noun
  • A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
Noun
  • A gable.