A gavel is a small wooden hammer that the person in charge of a law court, an auction, or a meeting bangs on a table to get people's attention
The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc
{i} feudal rent (medieval England); pile of corn that has been cut and is ready to be made into sheaves (Archaic)
Sometime they look like a wood mallet, ohters like a pepper mill Usued by presiding officier at a meeting to keep members in line Tables and podiums are not always the most effective surfaces to strike the gavel on, but the are the only ones recommended(see stealing)
> The small mallet or hammer used by the auctioneer to signal the end of bidding on each lot
A wooden mallet used by a judge to bring proceedings to a start or to an end or to command attention in his or her court No judge in the UK uses a gavel, but sometimes they are used at public enquiries 2 Payment of tribute, for example rent, to a superior
{i} small wooden mallet used by a judge or presiding officer to bring a meeting to order; auctioneer's hammer used to indicate a sale
A wooden mallet used by a judge to bring proceedings to a start or to an end or to command attention in his or her court