1. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer to signal for attention or order or to mark the conclusion of a transaction. 2. A maul used by masons in fitting stones.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: gav·eled also gav·elled, gav·el·ing, gav·el·ling, gav·els, gav·els To bring about or compel by using a gavel: “The chairman . . . tries to gavel the demonstration to an end” (New Yorker).
g
v
l
