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

Concepten

voorzittershamer

hamer

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woekerwinst

Synoniemen

mallet

hammer

🔨

maul

beetle

🪲

mall

knob

idiot

clod

bludgeon

moron

poop

💩

sap

shillalah

shillelagh

sledge

cudgel

gombeen

club

Vertalingen

martillo

🔨

Hammer

🔨

marteau

mazo

🔨

dar mazazos

malho

marteau de président

tokmak

dar martillazos

strozzinaggio

martelletto

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mîrkut

zomp

malhete

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡa.vəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gavel

Overgenomen van Oudengels: gafol

Overgenomen van Middelengels: kevel

Verwant aan Noors: kjevle

Verwant aan Frans: javelle

Verwant aan Latijn: capulus

Verwant aan Welsh: 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.