gavel

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) Rent.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Usury; interest on money.
3. (countable, historical, uncountable) 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

To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Verb

1. To use a gavel.
2. To begin or end legal proceedings

Sinonieme

mallet

hammer

🔨

maul

beetle

🪲

mall

knob

idiot

clod

bludgeon

moron

poop

💩

sap

shillalah

shillelagh

sledge

cudgel

gombeen

club

Vertalings

Hammer

🔨

martillo

🔨

marteau

mazo

🔨

voorzittershamer

marteau de président

tokmak

dar martillazos

malho

dar mazazos

σφυρί

strozzinaggio

martelletto

🔨

mîrkut

Wucherei

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡa.vəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gavel

Geërf van Old English: gafol

Geërf van Middle English: kevel

Verwante met Noors: kjevle

Verwante met Frans: javelle

Verwante met Latyn: capulus

Verwante met Wallies: gafael

In summary

From Middle English gavel, from Old English gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabul, from Proto-Germanic *gabulą, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), equivalent to give + -el.