gavel
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Is gavel a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of gavel?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) Rent.countablehistoricaluncountable
2. (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally; also called gavelkind.countablehistoricaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.transitive
noun (English)
1. (metonymic, chiefly US) The beginning or end of legal proceedings.USmetonymically
2. (metonymic, chiefly US) The legal system as a whole.USmetonymically
noun (English)
1. (Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.Scotlandarchaic
Definition source: Wiktionary