gavel

Meaning

Noun

1. Rent.
2. (obsolete) 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

To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.

Verb

To use a gavel.

Synonyms

mallet

hammer

🔨

maul

beetle

🪲

mall

knob

idiot

clod

bludgeon

moron

poop

💩

sap

shillalah

shillelagh

sledge

cudgel

gombeen

club

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡa.vəl/

Etymology

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.