GAVEL

noun a mason's setting maul.

2. gavel ·noun a gable.

3. gavel ·noun a small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.

4. gavel ·noun tribute; toll; custom. ·see gabel.

5. gavel ·noun the mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, ·etc.