gavel

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  Rent.
 * 2)  Usury; interest on money.
 * 3)  An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.

Verb

 * 1)  To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Etymology 2
Origin obscure. Possibly an alteration of dialectal, a variant of , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, 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.
 * 2)  The legal system as a whole.
 * 3) A mason's setting maul.
 * 1) A mason's setting maul.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, puheenjohtajan nuija
 * French:
 * Georgian: ხის ჩაქუჩი, ჩაქუჩი
 * German: ; Richterhammer ; Auktionshammer
 * Italian: mazzuolo
 * Japanese: 小槌
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:  ( or ))
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: amra
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, hakim tokmağı, yargıç tokmağı
 * Yiddish: העמערל

Verb

 * 1) To use a gavel.

Usage notes

 * In US English, the participles are and ; in British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand English they are  and.

Derived terms

 * gavel out
 * gavel to order

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ჩაქუჩის დარტყმა
 * Romanian:, lovi cu ciocanul
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: dar mazazos, dar martillazos

Etymology 3
(cf. Modern 🇨🇬) probably diminutive from 🇨🇬, from ; or compare 🇨🇬. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

Translations

 * Galician: gavela, pabea

Noun

 * 1)  A gable.

Noun

 * 1)  a gable, a short wall of a building
 * 2)  to be wide open (of a door or the like)