gavel

Definition of gavel

Nouns

a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
Type of:
beetle, mallet
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

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