GAVEL


Meaning of GAVEL in English

/ ˈgævl; NAmE / noun

a small hammer used by a person in charge of a meeting or an auction , or by a judge in court, in order to get people's attention

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent. (originally US in the sense stonemason's mallet ): of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.