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Definition of Gavel
1. Noun. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
Definition of Gavel
1. n. A gable.
2. n. A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
3. n. The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
4. n. Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.
Definition of Gavel
1. Noun. (historical) Rent. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) Usury; interest on money. ¹
3. Noun. A wooden mallet, used by a judge in a courtroom, or a chairman of a committee, struck against a sounding block to quiet the rabble down. ¹
4. Noun. (figuratively) The legal system as a whole. ¹
5. Verb. To use a gavel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gavel
1. to signal for attention or order by use of a gavel (a small mallet) [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gavel
Literary usage of Gavel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1914)
"In turning over the president's gavel to my successor, I am at a loss to know
... In transferring the gavel of the Conference to you as the second woman ..."
2. Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells by William Henry Benbow Bird, William Paley Baildon, Wells Cathedral (1907)
"Themas Simond, messuage and J fardel: gavel 3s. 4rf., services as before.
(Margin : Now William Weel.) Robert Cog, messuage and J ..."
3. Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention: Held in Chicago by Edward B. Dickinson (1892)
"Mr. William H. Phelps, of Missouri, secured the floor and, coming to the front
of the platform, presented a gavel, made of zinc, to President Wilson, ..."
4. Township and Borough: Being the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of by Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"$\d.1 At this date the haw-gavel or ' high-gable rent' certainly includes the
land-gavel, the rent paid for strips in the fields. Half-way between these two ..."
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